惟妙惟肖

wéimiào-wéixiào
idiom #38,870

Meanings

  1. 1 lifelike and true to the original
  2. 2 remarkably vivid; imitated to perfection
  3. 3 an exact and masterful likeness

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè fú huà bǎ rénwù huà de wéimiào-wéixiào.
This painting depicts the figures with masterful lifelikeness.
HSK 7-9
Tā mófǎng lǎoshī de yǔqì wéimiào-wéixiào, quánbān dōu xiào le.
He imitated the teacher's tone so perfectly that the whole class laughed.

Tips

usage
here is read xiào ('to resemble'), not xiāo. The idiom applies to imitations - paintings, impressions, descriptions, performances - not to original creations. Praise for how exactly something matches its model.

Stroke Order

wéi
miào
xiào