东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
Pinyin

Definition

东施效颦
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Dōng Shī xiào pín
  1. lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
  2. fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

功效
gōng xiào
  1. 1 efficacy
效果
xiào guǒ
  1. 1 result
  2. 2 effect
  3. 3 efficacy
  4. 4 (theater) sound or visual effects
效率
xiào lu:4
  1. 1 efficiency
有效
yǒu xiào
  1. 1 effective
  2. 2 in effect
  3. 3 valid
特效
tè xiào
  1. 1 special effect
  2. 2 specially good effect
  3. 3 especially efficacious
效
xiào
  1. 1 variant of 傚|效[xiào]
效仿
xiào fǎng
  1. 1 see 仿傚|仿效[fǎng xiào]
失效
shī xiào
  1. 1 to fail
  2. 2 to lose effectiveness
实施
shí shī
  1. 1 to implement
  2. 2 to carry out
布施
bù shī
  1. 1 Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
成效
chéng xiào
  1. 1 effect
  2. 2 result
措施
cuò shī
  1. 1 measure
  2. 2 step
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
效力
xiào lì
  1. 1 effectiveness
  2. 2 positive effect
  3. 3 to serve (in some capacity)
效应
xiào yìng
  1. 1 effect (scientific phenomenon)
效果图
xiào guǒ tú
  1. 1 rendering (visual representation of how things will turn out)
效益
xiào yì
  1. 1 benefit
  2. 2 effectiveness
  3. 3 efficiency
施
Shī
  1. 1 surname Shi
施主
shī zhǔ
  1. 1 benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson)
  2. 2 donor (semiconductor)
施工
shī gōng
  1. 1 construction
  2. 2 to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
施舍
shī shě
  1. 1 to give in charity
  2. 2 to give alms (to the poor)

Idioms (16)

上行下效
shàng xíng xià xiào
  1. 1 subordinates follow the example of their superiors (idiom)
付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
  1. 1 to put into practice
  2. 2 to carry out (idiom)
以儆效尤
yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
  1. 1 in order to warn against following bad examples (idiom)
  2. 2 as a warning to others
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
己所不欲，勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
  1. 1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
  2. 2 Do as you would be done by.
  3. 3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
  1. 1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
  1. 1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
  1. 1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
  1. 1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
  1. 1 lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
无计可施
wú jì kě shī
  1. 1 no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end
  2. 2 at the end of one's tether
  3. 3 powerless
发号施令
fā hào shī lìng
  1. 1 to boss people around (idiom)
行之有效
xíng zhī yǒu xiào
  1. 1 to be effective (idiom)
见之实施
jiàn zhī shí shī
  1. 1 to put into effect (idiom)
逆行倒施
nì xíng dǎo shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things

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