画虎类犬 huàhǔlèiquǎn to fail at an overambitious imitation Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 画虎类犬 畫虎類犬 huàhǔlèiquǎn to fail at an overambitious imitation To try to draw a tiger but end up with a dog; to attempt something ambitious but fail in a clumsy way, making oneself look ridiculous; to botch an imitation. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References Same as 画虎类狗 huàhǔlèigǒu画虎不成反类犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
画虎类犬 畫虎類犬 huàhǔlèiquǎn to fail at an overambitious imitation To try to draw a tiger but end up with a dog; to attempt something ambitious but fail in a clumsy way, making oneself look ridiculous; to botch an imitation. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References Same as 画虎类狗 huàhǔlèigǒu画虎不成反类犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
