created reference approved 效颦学步/效顰學步 → 东施效颦/東施效顰 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
效颦学步 / 效顰學步 xiàopínxuébù
东施效颦 / 東施效顰 dōngshīxiàopín
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created reference approved 效颦学步/效顰學步 → 邯郸学步/邯鄲學步 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
效颦学步 / 效顰學步 xiàopínxuébù
邯郸学步 / 邯鄲學步 hándānxuébù
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created sense approved 效颦学步/效顰學步 · xiàopínxuébù · to play the ape — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
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|東施效顰|dong1 shi1 xiao4 pin2]] and [[邯郸学步|邯鄲學步|han2 dan1 xue2 bu4]]
效颦 (literal) → 效颦/效顰 · xiàopín · to imitate blindly 学步 (literal) → 学步/學步 · xuébù · to imitate others
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