汉英词典
MEANING OF 刻鵠類鶩
to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result
刻 Characterize / 鹄 swan / 类 Like / 鹜 duck / Swans can’t be painted, but they still look like ducks / Although the analogy is not realistic, it is similar
亦作"刻鹄成鹜"。
比喻仿效虽不逼真，但还相似。
比喻仿效失真，适得其反。
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