Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "芦" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "芦" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Pinyin
lú
Definition
rush / reed / Phragmites communis
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
照葫芦画瓢 zhào hú lu huà piáo
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house
tanghulu / candied fruits on bamboo skewers dipped in sugar syrup, a common Chinese snack
According to the same gourd
Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick / tanghulu
lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person
Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省 in northeast China
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
Lushan county in Ya'an 雅安[Ya3 an1], Sichuan