东施效颦 (東施效顰)
Dōng Shī xiào pín
Pinyin

Definition

东施效颦 (東施效顰)
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Dōng Shī xiào pín
  1. lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
  2. fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

功效
gōng xiào
  1. 1 efficacy
效果
xiào guǒ
  1. 1 result
  2. 2 effect
  3. 3 efficacy
  4. 4 (theater) sound or visual effects
效率
xiào lǜ
  1. 1 efficiency
有效
yǒu xiào
  1. 1 effective
  2. 2 in effect
  3. 3 valid
特效
tè xiào
  1. 1 special effect
  2. 2 specially good effect
  3. 3 especially efficacious

Idioms (16)

上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
  1. 1 to put into practice
  2. 2 to carry out (idiom)
以儆效尤
yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
  1. 1 in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)
  2. 2 as a warning to others
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability