imitate others blindly and lose one's own way; copy slavishly
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to imitate others blindly and lose one's own way; to copy slavishly and fail
literary出自《庄子·秋水》。用于批评没有主见、一味生搬硬套、最终适得其反的行为。使用时带有明显的贬义色彩。
Xué学
xí习
wài外
guó国
jīng经
yàn验
yào要
jié结
hé合
běn本
guó国
guó国
qíng情
，
fǒu否
zé则
jiù就
huì会
xiàng像
Hán邯
dān郸
xué学
bù步
，
bǎ把
zì自
jǐ己
de的
hǎo好
dōng东
xī西
yě也
diū丢
le了
。
When learning from foreign experience, it must be adapted to the national conditions of our own country; otherwise, it will be like the man from Yan learning to walk in Handan, and we'll end up losing our own good things.
Tā他
máng盲
mù目
zhuī追
qiú求
shí时
máo髦
，
gǎi改
biàn变
le了
zì自
jǐ己
de的
chuàng创
zuò作
fēng风
gé格
，
jié结
guǒ果
Hán邯
dān郸
xué学
bù步
，
xīn新
zuò作
pǐn品
bù不
lún伦
bù不
lèi类
。
He blindly pursued the latest trends and changed his own creative style, resulting in a slavish imitation that produced new works that were neither fish nor fowl.
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Jiào教
yù育
gǎi改
gé革
bù不
néng能
Hán邯
dān郸
xué学
bù步
，
bǎ把
chéng成
gōng功
de的
chuán传
tǒng统
jiào教
xué学
fāng方
fǎ法
yě也
quán全
pán盘
fǒu否
dìng定
。
Educational reform should not slavishly imitate others to the point of completely negating our own successful traditional teaching methods.