huà​hǔ​lèi​gǒu

to make a poor imitation

  • created reference approved 画虎类狗/畫虎類狗 → 画虎不成反类狗/畫虎不成反類狗 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画虎类狗 / 畫虎類狗 huà​hǔ​lèi​gǒu

    画虎不成反类狗 / 畫虎不成反類狗 huà​hǔ​bù​chéng​fǎn​lèi​gǒu

    see

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 画虎类狗/畫虎類狗 → 画虎类犬/畫虎類犬 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画虎类狗 / 畫虎類狗 huà​hǔ​lèi​gǒu

    画虎类犬 / 畫虎類犬 huà​hǔ​lèi​quǎn

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 画虎类狗/畫虎類狗 · huà​hǔ​lèi​gǒu · to make a poor imitation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画虎类狗 / 畫虎類狗

    huà​hǔ​lèi​gǒu

    to make a poor imitation

    To fail in an overambitious attempt; to try to copy something great but end up with something low-quality or ridiculous.

    画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 类 (literal) → 类/類 · lèi · to resemble 狗 (literal) → 狗 · gǒu · dog

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

    created sense