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邯郸学步

Hán dān xué bùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom) / slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

邯鄲學步 邯郸学步 [Han2 dan1 xue2 bu4] /to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom)/slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature/

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Other forms in these source records: 邯鄲學步

  • 邯
    hán

    used in 邯鄲|邯郸[Hán dān] (the name of a place in Hebei)

  • 郸
    dān

    used in place names 邯鄲|邯郸[Hán dān] (historically, a county in Hebei, now a city) and 鄲城|郸城[Dān chéng] (a county in Henan)

  • 学
    xué

    to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology

  • 步
    bù

    a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation

    Bù

    surname Bu

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.