? What does it mean to draw a tiger and a dog? What are the allusions?

The source of the allusion: Ye Fan's Biography of Ma Yuan in the Southern Dynasties: "You can't help Ji Liang, but you are stuck in the world. The so-called painting a tiger does not paint a dog. " Idiom meaning: class: like. You can't draw a tiger, but it looks like a dog. Metaphor can't imitate home, but it is neither fish nor fowl. Idiom phonetic notation: universal pinyin: Hua lei gǒu pinyin abbreviation: HHLG usage frequency: commonly used idioms as predicates and attributes; With a derogatory connotation. Idiom structure: compact idiom English translation: painting a tiger does not turn into a painted dog-poor imitation