画虎类犬

Traditional: 畫虎類犬

huà hǔ lèi quǎn

Dictionary entry

to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)

What does 画虎类犬 mean?

画虎类犬 (huà hǔ 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]类lèikind; type; class; category · (classifier) kind; type 犬quǎn(literary) dog · Kangxi radical 94

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画虎类犬

huà hǔ lèi quǎn

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