Word Meaning 虎を画きて狗に類す
とらをえがきていぬにるいす
tora o egakiteinu ni ruisu
虎を画きて狗に類す is read as とらをえがきていぬにるいす (tora o egakiteinu ni ruisu) and means attempting to be something you are not.
Meaning
English
- attempting to be something you are not
- drawing a tiger that ends up looking like a dog
Reading
Kana
とらをえがきていぬにるいす
Romaji
tora o egakiteinu ni ruisu
Writing Variants
- 虎を描きて犬に類す とらをえがきていぬにるいす tora o egakiteinu ni ruisu
Stroke Sequence
9 Characters • 55 Total StrokesStudy Signals and Categories
Related Vocabulary
Max. 12虎の門事件
とらのもんじけん
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)