Read Edit View history 画虎类犬 huàhǔlèiquǎn to fail at an overambitious imitation Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 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. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References Same as 画虎类狗 huàhǔlèigǒu画虎不成反类犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References Same as 画虎类狗 huàhǔlèigǒu画虎不成反类犬 huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)