效颦 xiàopín to imitate blindly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 效颦 效顰 xiàopín to imitate blindly To imitate someone blindly or without considering one's own conditions, resulting in a ridiculous or poor effect; often used in the idiom 东施效颦 dōngshīxiàopín Frequency Written text 0.040 per million Cross-References See 东施效颦 dōngshīxiàopínReferenced by 颦 pín Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
效颦 效顰 xiàopín to imitate blindly To imitate someone blindly or without considering one's own conditions, resulting in a ridiculous or poor effect; often used in the idiom 东施效颦 dōngshīxiàopín Frequency Written text 0.040 per million Cross-References See 东施效颦 dōngshīxiàopínReferenced by 颦 pín Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
