Learning Chinese through Idioms and Stories: 中英成語歷史典故

[ dōng shī xiào pín ]

東施: 人名 ;a women that lives on the east side of the village

效 : 仿效 ;copying actions of others

顰 : 皺眉 ;furrowing one’s brows

Def: 比喻盲目胡亂地模仿他人,結果卻適得其反

Describing one to imitate the actions of others without understanding the reason or nature of just to get the opposite effect or to humiliate oneself