imitate others slavishly and loose one 's own originality

imitate others and thus lose one 's own individuality

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h á nd ā nxu é B ù, which means to imitate others blindly, not only not to learn the ability, but also to lose the original ability. From Chuang Tzu autumn water.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] parrot, copy, forget their ancestors and [antonym] innovative, innovative, good and long

The origin of Idioms

"Chuang Tzu autumn water": "Zi Xianghu! Besides, I didn't hear of Fu Shou Ling alone. Yu Zi's learning and practice were in Handan and other places? He didn't get the power of the country, but he lost it. So he went straight to his ear. If I don't go now, I will forget my son and lose my career. "

Idiom usage

It is more formal; it is used as predicate, object and clause; it has a derogatory meaning. example half arm adds cold, Shangshu is drunk, behind the screen, the gold hairpin is clear, and the head is bent. Liang Shaoren's essays on two kinds of Qiuyu nunnery in Qing Dynasty (Volume I) and the first chapter of Qilu lantern (Chapter I): learning to walk in Handan, losing its old step. No matter what you learn, you can't copy it mechanically.

Idioms and allusions

In the original text, Yu Zi of Shouling studied in Handan, but he didn't get the national ability and lost it. So he went on, crawling to his ears. During the Warring States period, there was a young man in Shouling of Yan state. He heard that the walking posture of Handan people in Zhao state was very beautiful, so regardless of the distance, he came to Handan to learn the walking posture of local people. As a result, he not only did not learn the walking posture of Handan people, but also forgot his original walking posture, and finally had to crawl back.