- 邯郸学步
- 邯郸学步hán dān xué bù(比喻摹仿别人不成, 反而丧失固有的技能) imitate others and thus lose one's own individuality; imitate another without success and lose what used to be one's own ability; In attempting to walk like a swan, the crow loses its own gait.; slavishly imitate others and lose own originality; take a leaf out of another person's book* * *邯鄲學步|邯郸学步 [Hán dān xué bù] ► to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom) ► slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.