邯郸学步 hándānxuébù to lose oneself in blind imitation of others Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 邯郸学步 邯鄲學步 hándānxuébù to lose oneself in blind imitation of others Literally meaning "to learn to walk in 邯郸 hándān"; refers to blindly imitating others and failing, while also losing one's original skills or identity in the process. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.088 per million Cross-References Referenced by 学步 xuébùSynonym 效颦学步 xiàopínxuébùSame as 学步邯郸 xuébùhándān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
邯郸学步 邯鄲學步 hándānxuébù to lose oneself in blind imitation of others Literally meaning "to learn to walk in 邯郸 hándān"; refers to blindly imitating others and failing, while also losing one's original skills or identity in the process. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.088 per million Cross-References Referenced by 学步 xuébùSynonym 效颦学步 xiàopínxuébùSame as 学步邯郸 xuébùhándān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)