created reference approved 画虎类犬/畫虎類犬 → 画虎类狗/畫虎類狗 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
画虎类犬 / 畫虎類犬 huàhǔlèiquǎn
画虎类狗 / 畫虎類狗 huàhǔlèigǒu
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Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 画虎类犬/畫虎類犬 → 画虎不成反类犬/畫虎不成反類犬 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
画虎类犬 / 畫虎類犬 huàhǔlèiquǎn
画虎不成反类犬 / 畫虎不成反類犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn
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Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 画虎类犬/畫虎類犬 · huàhǔlèiquǎn · to fail at an overambitious imitation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
画虎类犬 / 畫虎類犬
huàhǔlèiquǎn
to fail at an overambitious imitation
To try to draw a tiger but end up with a dog; to attempt something ambitious but fail in a clumsy way, making oneself look ridiculous; to botch an imitation.
画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 类 (literal) → 类/類 · lèi · to resemble 犬 (literal) → 犬 · quǎn · dog
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition