邯郸学步

Traditional form:

邯鄲學步

Pinyin (reading):

Hándānxuébù

Definitions:

• to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom)
• slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature

Characters:

• 邯 - a district in Hebei province
• 郸 - a county in Hebei province
• 学 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
• 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress

Traditional characters:

• 邯 - a district in Hebei province
• 鄲 - a county in Hebei province
• 學 - learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
• 步 - walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress