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Idiom collection dog and tiger

Drawing tiger-like dogs: Basic explanation: The metaphor cannot be imitated, but rather nondescript.

Pinyin pronunciation: huà hǔ lèi gǒu

Usage examples: Plagiarizing other people’s things is easy to make the text wrong, and it will make a joke.

Synonymous phrases: painting a tiger is not like a dog, painting a tiger is like a dog

Usage: concurrent expression; used as predicate, attributive; with derogatory meaning

Idiom Source: "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Ma Yuan's Biography": "If you fail to imitate Ji Liang, you will become a frivolous person in the world. The so-called painting of a tiger will not turn out to be like a dog."