邯鄲學步

to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom) / slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature

name of a district in Hebei

Handan prefecture-level city in Hebei / also Handan county

name of a district in Hebei

to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology

to learn to walk / (fig.) to learn sth, making unsteady progress / to get started on the learning curve

surname Bu

a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation