芦苇 (蘆葦)
lú wěi
Pinyin
Definition
芦苇 (蘆葦)
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- reed
Character Decomposition
Related Words (16)
- 1 tanghulu
- 2 candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack
- 1 sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick
- 2 tanghulu
- 1 calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
- 2 hoist
- 3 generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)
- 4 muddled
- 5 (poker) full house
- 1 asparagus
- 1 aloe vera
Idioms (3)
依样画葫芦
- 1 lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
- 2 fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
依葫芦画瓢
- 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)
- 2 fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
照葫芦画瓢
- 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
- 2 fig. to copy slavishly