v. (Trad=學, Pinyin=xue2) imitate, learn, study

suff. (Trad=學, Pinyin=xue2) logy

n. (Trad=學, Pinyin=xue2) learning, knowledge, subject of study, branch of learning, school, college

han2 dan1 xue2 bu4
Imitating Handan people in walking.
Describing a person who imitates people so much that he forgets his own originality. The crow loses its own gait when it attempts to walk like a swan. Compare with 东施效颦 (dong1 shi1 xiao4 pin2) and 亦步亦趋 (yi4 bu4 yi4 qu1).

Pinyin: xue2
Wade-Giles: hsüeh2
Zhuyin:
Hanzi:
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