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画虎不成反类犬

huà hǔ bù chéng fǎn lèi quǎn · hua hu bu cheng fan lei quan

Traditional 畫虎不成反類犬

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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

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