Read Edit View history 效颦学步 xiàopínxuébù to play the ape Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 效颦学步/ 效顰學步 xiàopínxuébù to play the ape To blindly and servilely imitate others without considering one's own abilities, leading to a clumsy or ridiculous result; combines the idioms 东施效颦 dōngshīxiàopín and 邯郸学步 hándānxuébù Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 效颦学步/效顰學步 → 东施效颦/東施效顰 Edit Delete synonym 效颦学步/效顰學步 → 邯郸学步/邯鄲學步 Edit Delete
效颦学步/ 效顰學步 xiàopínxuébù to play the ape To blindly and servilely imitate others without considering one's own abilities, leading to a clumsy or ridiculous result; combines the idioms 东施效颦 dōngshīxiàopín and 邯郸学步 hándānxuébù Edit Delete