kè​huà​wú​yán

to make an inappropriate comparison

Senses

刻画无盐/ 刻畫無鹽 kè​huà​wú​yán to make an inappropriate comparison

To compare an ugly person to a beauty or to compare a poor imitation to an original; to make an ill-fitting or absurd comparison. This idiom references the ugly woman 无盐 wú​yán and the legendary beauty 西施 xī​shī.

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