| 单词 | 东施效颦 |
| 释义 | 文馨英漢☞東施效顰东施效颦 dōngshīxiàopínsyn. 东施效𪾸东施效颦DōngShīxiàopínlit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself东施效颦imitate crudely and with obvious deficiencies; Dong Shi imitates a frown东施效颦 dōng shī xiào pín （比喻胡乱模仿， 效果很坏） ugly woman trying to imitate a famous beauty knitting her brows -- blindly copying others and making oneself look foolish; crude imitation; imitate awkwardly; imitate sb. in certain particulars; be unconscious of one's own defects; take a leaf out of another's book东施效颦[Dōng shī xiào pín]美女西施病了，皱着眉头，按着心口。同村的丑女人看见了，觉得姿态很美，也学她的样子，却丑得可怕（见于《庄子·天运》）。后人把这个丑女人称做东施。‘东施效颦’比喻胡乱模仿，效果很坏。imitate awkwardly; crude imitation with ludicrous effect. When Xi Shi, a famous beauty, fell ill, she knitted her brows and pressed her chest with her hand. An ugly woman in the same village saw her and found the pose beautiful. So she copied her gestures only to look more ugly (Zhuangzi·The Revolution of Heaven). This ugly woman was later called Dong Shi. The idiom is used to describe one who blindly copies others to only make things worse.东施效颦Dongshi, an ugly woman, knitting her brows in imitation of the famous beauty (西施), only to make herself uglier—crude imitation with ludicrous effect |
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