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Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
yi1 yang4 hua4 hu2 lu5	yi1 yeung6 wa2, waak6 lou4	ji1 joeng6 waa2, waak6 lou4	lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality

Simplified Chinese	Pinyin	Yale	Jyutping	English Definition for Chinese Text
依 Learn more	yi1	yi1	ji1	to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of
样 Learn more	yang4	yeung6	joeng6	manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type
画 Learn more	hua4	wa2, waak6	waa2, waak6	to draw / picture / painting / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃\|划[hua4]
葫 Learn more	hu2			Allium scorodoprasum/bottle gourd
芦 Learn more	lu2	lou4	lou4	rush / reed / Phragmites communis

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You don't become an artist by painting someone else's dots.

They only imitated us and our methods slavishly.