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畫虎不成反類犬

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

Characters and words in 畫虎不成反類犬

huà = hu + a4
to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]
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= hu + Ø3
= bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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won't do / unable to / (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth
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fǎn = f + an3
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
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lèi = l + ei4
kind / type / class / category / similar / like / to resemble
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quǎn = qu + an3
dog / Kangxi radical 94
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