邯郸学步

Traditional: 邯鄲學步

Hán dān xué bù

Dictionary entry

to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom)

What does 邯郸学步 mean?

邯郸学步 (Hán dān xué bù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom)

2slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature

Character breakdown

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邯hánused in 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1] (the name of a place in Hebei)郸dānused in place names 邯鄲|邯郸[Han2 dan1] (historically, a county in Hebei, now a city) and 鄲城|郸城[Dan1 cheng2] (a county in Henan)学xuéto learn · to study 步Bùsurname Bu

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邯郸学步

Hán dān xué bù

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