粵

東dung1施si1效haau6顰pan4

simp东施效颦
dung1 si1 haau6 pan4dōng shī xiào pínDōng Shī xiào pín

English

  1. lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
  2. blindly copy others lead to worse results (idiom)
  3. fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
  4. to have bad effects because of cheap imitation

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 比喻唔衡量本身條件，盲目咁模仿他人，以致收到反效果

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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