效颦
xiào​pín

to imitate blindly

  • created reference approved 效颦/效顰 → 东施效颦/東施效顰 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    效颦 / 效顰 xiào​pín

    东施效颦 / 東施效顰 dōng​shī​xiào​pín

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 效颦/效顰 · xiào​pín · to imitate blindly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    效颦 / 效顰

    xiào​pín

    to imitate blindly

    To imitate someone blindly or without considering one's own conditions, resulting in a ridiculous or poor effect; often used in the idiom [[东施效颦|東施效顰|dong1 shi1 xiao4 pin2]]

    效 (literal) → 效 · xiào · to imitate 颦 (literal) → 颦/顰 · pín · to frown

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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