画虎类犬
Traditional form:
畫虎類犬
Pinyin (reading):
huàhǔlèiquǎn
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
- 类 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
- 犬 - dog
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