jiājīyězhì
different artistic styles
- different artistic styles
- Comparing domestic chicken to wild pheasant; originally used by Yu Yi of the Jin Dynasty to compare his own calligraphy to that of Wang Xizhi, referring to different styles of calligraphy or painting
- preferring the new over the old
- Valuing the distant or exotic while despising the familiar; often used to describe a man who neglects his wife for a mistress in extramarital relations
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Synonym
- 家鸡野鹜 jiājīyěwù