东施效颦 – Dong Shi Xiao Pin – Blindly Imitating

东施效颦 – Dong Shi Xiao Pin – Blindly Imitating

东施效颦 – Dong Shi Xiao Pin – Dong Shi imitates frown. This Chengyu means to copy someone for your own benefit but achieving the opposite. Read the funny story behind this idiom and see how to use it in modern Mandarin.