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The idiom 「畫虎不成」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
It is a metaphor for being too ambitious, achieving nothing, and becoming a laughing stock.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
huà hǔ bù chéng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
wa2/waak6 fu2 bat1 sing4
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