依葫芦画瓢

yī hú lu huà piáo

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)

fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification

依

yī

to depend on

葫

hú

used in 葫蘆|葫芦[hu2 lu5]

芦

lu

rush

画

huà

to draw; to paint

瓢

piáo

dipper