ㄎㄜˋㄏㄨˊㄌㄟˋlèiˋ

  1. 雖然不成天鵝類似野鴨·馬援〉:不得所謂刻鵠不成。」比喻仿效逼真近似幼學瓊林··鳥獸》:刻鵠類鶩為學。」比喻弄巧成拙適得其反南朝·劉勰文心雕龍·比興》:切至刻鵠類鶩。」畫虎成犬

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