画虎不成反类犬
Traditional form:
畫虎不成反類犬
Pinyin (reading):
huàhǔbùchéngfǎnlèiquǎn
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 画 - picture, painting, drawing; to draw
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
- 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
- 类 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
- 犬 - dog
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