畫虎不成
huà​hǔ​bù​chéng

to fail to achieve one's aim

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

    画虎不成 / 畫虎不成 huà​hǔ​bù​chéng

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

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  • created sense approved 画虎不成/畫虎不成 · huà​hǔ​bù​chéng · to fail to achieve one's aim — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    画虎不成 / 畫虎不成

    huà​hǔ​bù​chéng

    to fail to achieve one's aim

    To set an overly ambitious goal and fail to achieve it; to make a poor imitation. This is a shortened form of the idiom [[画虎不成反类狗|畫虎不成反類狗|hua4 hu3 bu4 cheng2 fan3 lei4 gou3]].

    画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger 不成 (literal) → 不成 · bù​chéng · to fail

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