东施效颦 dōngshīxiàopín ludicrous imitation Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 东施效颦 東施效顰 dōngshīxiàopín ludicrous imitation To mimic others blindly without regard for one's own conditions, resulting in a ridiculous or backfiring effect; literally, the ugly woman 东施 dōngshī imitates the frown of the legendary beauty 西施 xīshī Frequency Written text 0.179 per million Cross-References See 东施 dōngshī西施 xīshīReferenced by 效颦 xiàopín捧心 pěngxīnSynonym 效颦学步 xiàopínxuébù Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
东施效颦 東施效顰 dōngshīxiàopín ludicrous imitation To mimic others blindly without regard for one's own conditions, resulting in a ridiculous or backfiring effect; literally, the ugly woman 东施 dōngshī imitates the frown of the legendary beauty 西施 xīshī Frequency Written text 0.179 per million Cross-References See 东施 dōngshī西施 xīshīReferenced by 效颦 xiàopín捧心 pěngxīnSynonym 效颦学步 xiàopínxuébù Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
