邯郸学步 — Chinese idiom
邯郸学步
Hán dān xué bù
Traditional: 邯鄲學步
Meaning
- to copy the way they walk in Handan
- slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature
Character by character
- 邯Hána district in Hebei province
- 郸dāna county in Hebei province
- 学xuélearning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to s
- 步bùwalk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
Idioms sharing a character
- 不学无术 bù xué wú shù
- 不愧下学 bù kuì xià xué
- 博学多才 bó xué duō cái
- 品学兼优 pǐn xué jiān yōu
- 学以致用 xué yǐ zhì yòng
- 学富五车 xué fù wǔ chē
- 学海泛舟 xué hǎi fàn zhōu
- 学海无涯 xué hǎi wú yá
- 学无止境 xué wú zhǐ jìng
- 才疏学浅 cái shū xué qiǎn
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