东施效颦 meaning in English
(比喻胡乱模仿, 效果很坏) ugly woman trying to imitate famous a 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
Examples
- No one ' s idea of excellence in conduct is that people should do absolutely nothing but copy one another
没有一个人对于行为的优越表现是完全东施效颦。 - Later , this idiom came to be used to indicate improper imitation that produces the reverse effect
后来人们用“东施效颦”这个成语比喻不恰当的模仿，带来相反的效果。 - At that time the newspapers criticized what i had spoken about the schoolbags as the silliest of comments . yet the hon . cheung man - kwong brings up the topic year after year , and year after year he continues to appear on newspapers
我当时提及书包很重，寓意教育制度给学生的压力，但说了之后，功力就很见不足，只是东施效颦，当年报章便批评这个是最无聊的问题，但张文光议员年年都说这个问题，年年都继续见报，所以我知道模仿他是很不容易的。