邯鄲學步

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

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

Written Forms

邯鄲學步Traditional · Main Form
邯郸学步Alternate Form

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