东施效颦

dōngshīxiàopín

Dongshi, an ugly woman, knitting her brows in imitation of the famous beauty (西施), only to make herself uglier-crude imitation with ludicrous effect

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blind imitation with ludicrous effection

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blind imitation with ludicrous effection

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dong1 shi1 xiao4 pin2

to impersonate sb but gain the opposite of the desired effect (idiom)

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东施效颦

dōng shī xiào pín

（比喻胡乱模仿， 效果很坏） ugly woman trying to imitate a famous beauty knitting her brows -- blindly copying others and making oneself look foolish; crude imitation; imitate awkwardly; imitate sb. in certain particulars; be unconscious of one's own defects; take a leaf out of another's book

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東施傚顰|东施效颦 [dōng shī xiào pín] ► to impersonate sb but gain the opposite of the desired effect (idiom)