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ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
ID	Chinese	Trad.	Pinyin	PlainPY	English Definition
1	瓢	瓢	piáo	piao2	dipper; ladle
2	依葫芦画瓢	依葫蘆畫瓢	yī hú lu huà piáo	yi1 hu2 lu5 hua4 piao2	lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom); fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
3	按下葫芦浮起瓢	按下葫蘆浮起瓢	àn xià hú lú fú qǐ piáo	an4 xia4 hu2 lu2 fu2 qi3 piao2	solve one problem only to find another cropping up
4	脑瓢儿	腦瓢兒	nǎo piáo r	nao3 piao2 r5	top of the head; crown
5	瓢虫	瓢蟲	piáo chóng	piao2 chong2	ladybug; ladybird
6	瓢泼	瓢潑	piáo pō	piao2 po1	(of rain) pouring
7	瓢泼大雨	瓢潑大雨	piáo pō dà yǔ	piao2 po1 da4 yu3	downpour (idiom)
8	瓢泼而下	瓢潑而下	piáo pō ér xià	piao2 po1 er2 xia4	(of rain) to fall heavily
9	七星瓢虫	七星瓢蟲	qī xīng piáo chóng	qi1 xing1 piao2 chong2	seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
10	茄二十八星瓢虫	茄二十八星瓢蟲	qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng	qie2 er4 shi2 ba1 xing1 piao2 chong2	28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
11	疏水箪瓢	疏水簞瓢	shū shuǐ dān piáo	shu1 shui3 dan1 piao2	little water and few utensils; to live a frugal life (idiom)
12	秃瓢	禿瓢	tū piáo	tu1 piao2	bald head (colloquial)
13	照葫芦画瓢	照葫蘆畫瓢	zhào hú lu huà piáo	zhao4 hu2 lu5 hua4 piao2	lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom); fig. to copy slavishly