東施效顰 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 东施效颦 dōngshīxiàopín ㄉㄨㄥ ㄕ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧㄣˊ lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom) fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself Character by character 東(dōng)surname Dong 施(shī)surname Shi 效(xiào)imitate 顰(pín)scowl A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0