畫虎不成反類犬

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Chinese

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draw; picture; painting tiger to not form; to not constitute; unsuccessful wrong side out or up; anti-
kind; type; class
kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble
 
dog
trad. (畫虎不成反類犬) 不成
simp. (画虎不成反类犬) 不成
Literally: “to try to draw a tiger and end up with the likeness of a dog”.

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Idiom

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畫虎不成反類犬

  1. to make a poor imitation

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