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attempting more than one has ability for · make an attempt at a picture of a tiger and only achieve the likeness of a dog · try to draw a tiger and end up with the likeness of a dog · make a poor imitation

画虎类狗
huà hǔ lèi gǒu
h+uà·4th toneh+ǔ·3rd tonel+èi·4th toneg+ǒu·3rd tone
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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画虎类犬huà hǔ lèi quǎnto lack fidelity · (signal) distortion失真shī zhēnto overreach oneself · to try to be clever and end up with egg on one's face弄巧成拙nòng qiǎo chéng zhuōto transform gold into base metal (idiom); fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it点金成铁diǎn jīn chéng tiě
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