See 畫虎不成反類犬 on Wiktionary
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"literal_meaning": "to try to draw a tiger and end up with the likeness of a dog",
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"to make a poor imitation"
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"roman": "huàhǔlèiquǎn",
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"roman": "huàhǔlèiquǎn",
"word": "画虎类犬"
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"roman": "huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi gǒu",
"word": "畫虎不成反類狗"
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"zh_pron": "huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn"
},
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"zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ"
},
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"zh_pron": "waak⁶ fu² bat¹ sing⁴ faan² leoi⁶ hyun²"
},
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"zh_pron": "huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn"
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"zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ"
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"zh_pron": "huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi cyuǎn"
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],
"zh_pron": "hua⁴ hu³ pu⁴-chʻêng² fan³ lei⁴ chʻüan³"
},
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],
"zh_pron": "hwà hǔ bù-chéng fǎn lèi chywǎn"
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],
"zh_pron": "huah huu bucherng faan ley cheuan"
},
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"zh_pron": "хуа ху бучэн фань лэй цюань"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh_pron": "waahk fú bāt sìhng fáan leuih hyún"
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"zh_pron": "wag⁶ fu² bed¹ xing⁴ fan² lêu⁶ hün²"
},
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"word": "畫虎不成反類犬"
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"zh_pron": "huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn"
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"zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ"
},
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"zh_pron": "waak⁶ fu² bat¹ sing⁴ faan² leoi⁶ hyun²"
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"zh_pron": "huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi quǎn"
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"zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄢˇ ㄌㄟˋ ㄑㄩㄢˇ"
},
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi cyuǎn"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "hua⁴ hu³ pu⁴-chʻêng² fan³ lei⁴ chʻüan³"
},
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"tags": [
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],
"zh_pron": "hwà hǔ bù-chéng fǎn lèi chywǎn"
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"zh_pron": "huah huu bucherng faan ley cheuan"
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"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
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"zh_pron": "хуа ху бучэн фань лэй цюань"
},
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"ipa": "/xu̯ä⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ leɪ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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"zh_pron": "waak⁶ fu² bat¹ sing⁴ faan² leoi⁶ hyun²"
},
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"zh_pron": "waahk fú bāt sìhng fáan leuih hyún"
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"zh_pron": "wag⁶ fu² bed¹ xing⁴ fan² lêu⁶ hün²"
},
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"ipa": "/waːk̚² fuː³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɪŋ²¹ faːn³⁵ lɵy̯²² hyːn³⁵/",
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"synonyms": [
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"roman": "huàhǔlèiquǎn",
"word": "畫虎類犬"
},
{
"roman": "huàhǔlèiquǎn",
"word": "画虎类犬"
},
{
"roman": "huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi gǒu",
"word": "畫虎不成反類狗"
},
{
"roman": "huà hǔ bùchéng fǎn lèi gǒu",
"word": "画虎不成反类狗"
}
],
"word": "畫虎不成反類犬"
}
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