uninspired imitation; lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject
照着猫画虎。比喻只从形式上模仿,实际上并不理解。
连动式;作谓语;含贬义
比喻照着样子模仿。
《歧路灯》第十一回:“这大相公聪明得很,他是照猫画虎,一见即会套的人。”