邯鄲學步
See also: 邯郸学步
Chinese
Handan learn; study; science; ‑ologya step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a processtrad. (邯鄲學步) 邯鄲 學 步 simp. (邯郸学步) 邯郸 学 步 Literally: “to study the walking method of the people of Handan”.
Etymology
From Zhuangzi:
- Zǐ wǎng yǐ! Qiě zǐ dú bù wén fú shòulíng yúzǐ zhī xué xíng yú hándān yú? Wèi dé guó néng, yòu shī qí gù xíng yǐ, zhí púfú ér guī ěr. Jīn zǐ bù qù, jiāng wàng zǐ zhī gù, shī zǐ zhī yè. [Pinyin]
- Go your ways, Sir. And have you not heard of the young learners of Shou-ling, and how they did in Han-dan? Before they had acquired what they might have done in that capital, they had forgotten what they had learned to do in their old city, and were marched back to it on their hands and knees. If now you do not go away, you will forget your old acquirements, and fail in your profession.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˊ ㄉㄢ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄅㄨˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: harndanshyuebuh
- IPA (key): /xa̠n³⁵ ta̠n⁵⁵ ɕɥ̯œ³⁵ pu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hon4 daan1 hok6 bou6
- Yale: hòhn dāan hohk bouh
- Cantonese Pinyin: hon4 daan1 hok9 bou6
- Guangdong Romanization: hon4 dan1 hog6 bou6
- IPA (key): /hɔːn²¹ tɑːn⁵⁵ hɔːk̚² pou̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Idiom
邯鄲學步
- to badly imitate others, and lose one's individuality in the process
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