画虎不成反类犬
Traditional: 畫虎不成反類犬Dictionary entry
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
What does 画虎不成反类犬 mean?
画虎不成反类犬 (huà hǔ bù chéng fǎn lèi quǎn) has the following dictionary meaning.
1to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
2to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
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画huàto draw; to paint · picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1])虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-成Chéngsurname Cheng · short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]反fǎncontrary · in reverse类lèikind; type; class; category · (classifier) kind; type犬quǎn(literary) dog · Kangxi radical 94
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画虎不成反类犬
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