畫虎不成反類犬

畫虎不成反類犬

See also: 画虎不成反类犬

Chinese

		draw; picture; painting	tiger	to not form; to not constitute; unsuccessful	wrong side out or up; anti-	kind; type; class kind; type; class; category; similar; like; to resemble	dog
trad. (畫虎不成反類犬)		畫	虎	不成	反	類	犬
simp. (画虎不成反类犬)		画	虎	不成	反	类	犬
Literally: “to try to draw a tiger and end up with the likeness of a dog”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huah huu bucherng faan ley cheuan
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ leɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Idiom

畫虎不成反類犬

1. to make a poor imitation