画虎不成反类狗 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèigǒu to fail in a poor attempt at imitation Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 画虎不成反类狗 畫虎不成反類狗 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèigǒu to fail in a poor attempt at imitation Literally "to try to paint a tiger but end up with a dog"; used to describe someone who tries to imitate others but lacks the skill, resulting in a ridiculous and clumsy failure. Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Same as 画虎不成反类犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎnReferenced by 画虎类狗 huàhǔlèigǒuSynonym 刻鹄类鹜 kèhúlèiwùHas abbreviation 画虎不成 huàhǔbùchéng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
画虎不成反类狗 畫虎不成反類狗 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèigǒu to fail in a poor attempt at imitation Literally "to try to paint a tiger but end up with a dog"; used to describe someone who tries to imitate others but lacks the skill, resulting in a ridiculous and clumsy failure. Frequency Written text 0.003 per million Cross-References Same as 画虎不成反类犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎnReferenced by 画虎类狗 huàhǔlèigǒuSynonym 刻鹄类鹜 kèhúlèiwùHas abbreviation 画虎不成 huàhǔbùchéng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
