刻鵠類鶩

hak1 huk6 leoi6 mou6

to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) · to fail utterly in trying to copy something · to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)
  2. to fail utterly in trying to copy something
  3. to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

Written Forms

刻鵠類鶩Traditional · Main Form
刻鹄类鹜Alternate Form

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