Chinese–English
画虎不成反类犬
huà hǔ bù chéng fǎn lèi quǎn · hua hu bu cheng fan lei quan
Traditional 畫虎不成反類犬
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
- to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.