act after the same fashion

act after the same fashion

Just like a gourd, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y à y à NGH ú Lu, meaning to draw a gourd like someone else's. The metaphor is simple imitation, no innovation. The same as "painting gourd according to the pattern". From Dongxuan's notes.

The origin of Idioms

In Qing Dynasty, Kong Shangren's "Peach Blossom Fan · Cao Xi" said: "there is only one Shige department. It is quite loyal. It is constrained by Ma and Ruan, but it also follows suit."

Idioms and allusions

In the original text, Taizu said with a smile: "I have heard about the Imperial Academy system. They all checked the old versions of their predecessors and changed their words. This is the so-called" painting gourd according to the pattern ". What is the power of propaganda?" In the early years of the Song Dynasty, Tao Gu, the academician of the Imperial Academy, thought that his writing style was excellent and his talent was outstanding. He wanted to show his promotion. He advised song Taizu to pay attention to writing work. Zhao Kuangyin thought that his work was just copying. He said that he was just drawing gourds. Tao Gu didn't achieve his goal, so he wrote a poem on the wall of his residence: "I can laugh at the academician Tao, and draw gourds every year.".

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: draw a tiger according to the cat, write a book according to the book, draw a gourd according to the book

Idiom usage

It is used as object and adverbial. We can always learn by following the example.