畫虎不成反類犬
See also: 画虎不成反类犬
Chinese
draw; picture; painting tiger to not form; to not constitute; unsuccessful wrong side out or up; anti- kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resembledog trad. (畫虎不成反類犬) 畫 虎 不成 反 類 犬 simp. (画虎不成反类犬) 画 虎 不成 反 类 犬
Etymology
Literally: to try to draw a tiger and end up with the likeness of a dog
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huah huu bu4chengr faan ley cheuan
- IPA (key): /xu̯a̠⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ leɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
畫虎不成反類犬
- to make a poor imitation
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