画虎不成反类犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn to make a poor imitation Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 画虎不成反类犬 畫虎不成反類犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn to make a poor imitation To try to draw a tiger but end up with a dog; describes botching an overambitious attempt or making a poor imitation that ends up looking ridiculous. Frequency Written text 0.052 per million Cross-References Same as 画虎不成反类狗 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèigǒu画虎类犬 huàhǔlèiquǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
画虎不成反类犬 畫虎不成反類犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn to make a poor imitation To try to draw a tiger but end up with a dog; describes botching an overambitious attempt or making a poor imitation that ends up looking ridiculous. Frequency Written text 0.052 per million Cross-References Same as 画虎不成反类狗 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèigǒu画虎类犬 huàhǔlèiquǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
