Idiom painting tiger dog story

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Etymology "Book of the Later Han, Biography of Ma Yuan"

Definition: similar, like. I don't have the ability to draw tigers, but I draw tigers, and the result is that the tigers look like dogs. It describes a person who does not have his own style, but loves to imitate others, but ends up looking completely different.

Example: Everyone has their own advantages and characteristics. If you just blindly imitate others and end up "drawing a tiger-like dog", it will be worse.

Structure verb-object structure

Near meaning is self-defeating, magpie-like duck

Antonym is lifelike

Story

Ma Yuan was a general of the Han Dynasty. He had two nephews, one named Ma Yan and the other named Ma Dun.

The two nephews have the same problem, that is, they both like to be sarcastic and talk about others, and they often associate with frivolous people. When Ma Yuan heard about this situation at the front, he felt very sad and wrote a letter to admonish them.

The letter said: I hope you can hear the faults of others just like hearing the names of your own parents. You can only listen, but not speak. I like to talk about the good and bad of others and casually criticize the politics of the time. This is what I hate the most... The reason why I have repeatedly warned you is that I hope you will never forget it in your lifetime. Long Bogao is an honest and honest person, considerate and prudent, does not judge people's strengths and weaknesses, is modest and thrifty, fair and honest. I respect and love him very much and hope you can learn from him. Du Jiliang is a heroic and chivalrous person, eager for justice and justice, worried about others' worries and happy for others. He makes good and bad friends, but he can get along well with them. I also respect and love him, but I don’t want you to imitate him. If you can't learn from Long Bo, you can still be cautious. If you can't be a magpie, you can still be like a wild duck. But if you can't learn from Du Jiliang, you will become a frivolous child. You can't be a tiger, but you will be like a dog. Therefore, I don't want my children and grandchildren to learn from him... Idiom painting tiger dog story 2

Source

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty".

Ma Yuan was a famous general in the early Eastern Han Dynasty. Not only was he strict with himself, he was also extremely rigorous in the education of his children and nephews. Even on the battlefield, he often revised books and taught children how to behave.

He heard that his two nephews, Ma Yan and Ma Dun, were addicted to sarcasm and talking about others, and they often interacted with frivolous knights. So Ma Yuan wrote a letter to educate and guide them.

Ma Yuan said in the letter: "You know that it is a very bad behavior to hate talking about other people's merits. I hope you will remember it again today. Long Bogao is an honest and cautious person and does not say anything casually. He is modest, thrifty, honest, fair, and very prestigious when it comes to other people's rights and wrongs. I respect him and hope you can learn from him. Du Jiliang is a generous and chivalrous man who can worry about other people's worries and rejoice in other people's happiness. No offense. When his father died, people from several counties came to express their condolences. I also respect him, but I don’t want you to learn from him.

You can still become a person if you can’t learn from him. A cautious and diligent person looks more like a duck than a swan. But if Xue Jiliang does not learn well, he will become a frivolous and dissolute person, just like painting a tiger but failing to draw it well. Like a dog." Ma Yuan used Long Bogao and Du Jiliang as examples to express his preferences and pointed out how his nephews should learn to behave. This shows that Ma Yuan is a good elder who strictly controls his children and pays attention to methods.

Interpretation

Painting a tiger like a dog originally refers to painting a tiger like a dog due to poor painting skills. The effect of imitation is very bad, making it nondescript, engaging in things beyond one's ability and achieving nothing. It is also a metaphor for unrealistically pursuing too high goals, but it will be self-defeating and leave a laughing stock.

Idiom Painting Tiger-like Dog Story 3

Chinese character writing: Painting Tiger-like Dog

Chinese phonetic notation: huà hǔ lèi quǎn

Origin of the idiom: Eastern Han Dynasty. Ban Gu's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty." "The Biography of Ma Yuan": "If you can't imitate Ji Liang, you will become a frivolous person in the world. The so-called painting of a tiger can't be like a dog."

Idiom grammar: concurrent form; used as a predicate and attributive; has a derogatory connotation.

The meaning of drawing tiger-like dog: Category: Elephant. I couldn't draw a tiger, but instead I drew it like a dog. Because of poor imitation, it is nondescript. It is a metaphor for aiming too high, but ultimately achieving nothing, and being treated as a laughing stock later on. Also known as "painting of tiger-like dogs".

Synonyms of painting a tiger-like dog: self-defeating, trying to imitate others, painting a tiger but carving a swan, nondescript, carving a swan into a swan, painting a tiger but failing;

Antonyms of painting a tiger-like dog: divine figure Very similar;

The story of painting tiger-like dogs

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a famous general named Ma Yuan. Because he was brave and good at fighting, repeatedly made military exploits, and made immortal contributions to the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was named General Fubo by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu. Ma Yuan was not only very skillful in using troops, but also a very talented general. He attached great importance to the cultural cultivation and education of his family's children. He has two nephews, one named Ma Yan and the other named Ma Dun. One day, he heard that Ma Yan and Ma Dun were making friends with all kinds of people everywhere. He was worried that if they continued like this, they would be ignorant and delay their studies, so he quickly wrote a letter to advise them: "You two have grown up. But the kind of friends you make is very important. People like Long Bogao are cautious, humble, thrifty, and very decent. They are one of the people I respect. I hope you can learn from him and get closer to such friends. . And I respect Du Jiliang very much. He is heroic and righteous, can solve people's problems, and both good and bad people can become friends. But I don't want you to learn from him, because people like him have advantages in interacting with all kinds of people. There are also shortcomings. Don't learn the shortcomings instead of learning the advantages. Even if you fail to learn from Long Bogao, you can still become a virtuous and disciplined person. If you fail to learn from Du Jiliang, you may become a frivolous person. It's like painting a tiger. If you don't draw it well, it will turn into a dog." This is a metaphor that if you don't imitate well, you will not learn from others' strengths, but will lose your own roots.

Examples of drawing tiger-like dogs

Tang． Liu Zhiji's "Shi Tong." "Six Schools": "Looking at what he said is similar to "Confucius' Family Sayings" and Linchuan's "Shishuo", it can be said that painting a tiger cannot be like a dog."

Qing. Chu people won the "Secret Collection of Jianhu". "Drawing tiger-like dogs": "But the so-called drawing of tiger-like dogs refers to tigers, which is not a big deal."

Painting tiger-like dogs in a sentence

Many times we When learning other people's things, they always fail to learn the truly useful things, which is a bit like a tiger-like dog.

Reform is a leap forward in innovation and thinking, rather than blindly referring to the success of others to draw tigers and dogs. Idiom Painting Tiger Dog Story 4

　Phonetic huà hǔ lèi quǎn

Idiom Story In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, General Fubo Ma Yuan was very strict in educating his nephews and descendants, hoping that they would become useful talents. He didn't like his nephews Ma Yan and Ma Dun gossiping behind other people's backs, so he wrote "Yan Dun Shu" to warn them and let them learn from Du Jiliang and Long Bogao. If you fail to learn, it will be like failing to draw a tiger but instead drawing like a dog.

The source cannot follow the example of Ji Liang, and he is regarded as a frivolous person in the world. It is said that painting a tiger cannot turn him into a dog.

"Book of the Later Han·Biography of Ma Yuan"

Explanation type: Xiang. I can't draw a tiger, but it looks like a dog. The metaphor cannot be imitated, but is neither fish nor fowl.

Used as predicates and attributives; refers to imitation.

Similar words are imitative, nondescript, and incompatible

Antonyms of similar words

Idiom example: Duanfu is not very smart and is afraid of being like a tiger-like dog.

Qing Dynasty Li Luyuan's "Qilu Deng" Chapter 11 Idiom Painting Tiger Dog Story 5

Story of Painting Tiger Dog

General Ma Yuan once wrote The letter was written to his nephew, hoping that he would pay more attention to other people's faults and learn from their strengths. He said in the letter: "Long Bogao is an honest and cautious person, and I hope you can imitate his character; but Du Jichang is a heroic and righteous person, but I don't want you to imitate him. ... "Why doesn't Ma Yuan want his nephews to imitate heroic and righteous people?" It turns out that if you can't imitate Long Bogao, you can still become a cautious person, just like you can't carve a swan, but if you carve a bird, you can also carve a similar flying bird. However, if you fail to learn Du Jichang, you will easily become a frivolous person, just like trying to draw a tiger, but in the end you will draw a dog, which will become a completely different beast.

The idiom "painting tiger-like dogs" comes from this letter written by Ma Yuan to his nephew.

Materials for painting tigers and dogs

Phonetic notation huà hǔ lèi quǎn

Source: "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Ma Yuan Biography": "I cannot follow Ji Liang's example and fall into the trap of The world is frivolous. It is said that painting a tiger is not like a dog."

Explanation: Elephant. I can't draw a tiger, but it looks like a dog. The metaphor cannot be imitated, but is neither fish nor fowl.

Usage and formula; used as predicate and attributive; with derogatory connotation

Synonyms: Dongshi imitate [pín], neither fish nor fowl, incompetent

Antonyms: resemblance, engraving鹄[hú]like duck[wù]

Ancient times

Example sentences If you want to learn the benefits of others, you must study and figure them out carefully. If you are good, you must study hard, and if you are not good, you are willing to give up. , to avoid making a joke about imitating others.

Comments on Painting Tiger Dogs

Wars continue between different nations and countries. In the war, it is instinctive to learn from each other's strengths and learn from each other's ways of survival. However, the same is By borrowing and learning, some countries and nations can be sublimated by borrowing and absorbing, and finally defeat their opponents, while other countries and nations paint tigers and dogs, which is not only awkward for themselves, but not only fails to learn the strengths of others, but also loses them. One's own fundamentals, in the end, made it easier to destroy the enemy. Children, you must have your own style~;