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What does Handan toddler mean?

"Handan toddler" means: a metaphor for blindly imitating others, not only can't learn skills, but also lose the original skills.

The truth of "learning to walk in Handan": Everyone has his own characteristics. If you blindly imitate others without considering the actual situation, the result can only be that you can't learn others but lose your own characteristics.

Origin: According to Zhuangzi Qiushui, a man from Yan State went to Handan, the capital of Zhao State, saw the beautiful walking posture and began to learn. As a result, I not only didn't learn well, but also forgot my original way of walking and had to climb back.

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Parrot parrots [y and ng w ǔ society]?

Interpretation: A parrot talks like a human being, which is a metaphor for what others say, and he also follows it (including derogatory meanings).

Source: Songshi Daoyuan "Jingde Dengchuan Record": "If the parrot only learns human speech, it is not satisfactory."

It seems that parrots can only imitate people and don't know the meaning.

Usage: as predicate and adverbial; Refers to people echoing.