东施效颦 (dōng shī xiào pín) | Meaning: lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom) · slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature邯郸学步Hán dān xué bù

lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject · uninspired imitation照猫画虎zhào māo huà hǔ

apply or copy mechanically · copy mechanically in disregard of specific conditions · copy mechanically and apply indiscriminately生搬硬套shēng bān yìng tào

to blindly follow suit (idiom) · to imitate slavishly · to do what everyone else is doing亦步亦趋yì bù yì qū

to swallow whole (idiom); fig. to apply uncritically生吞活剥shēng tūn huó bō

affected · artificial做作zuò zuo

lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom) · fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself

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