邯郸学步 Learning to walk in Handan
Explanation
比喻模仿别人不成功，反而失去自己原有的技能或特点。
To describe the failure of imitating others, which leads to the loss of one's own skills or characteristics.
Origin Story
战国时期，赵国邯郸有个年轻人，听说邯郸人走路姿态优雅，便前往邯郸学习他们的步法。他模仿得很认真，却越学越不像，最后竟忘了自己原来的走路方法，只能在地上爬着回去。
During the Warring States period, a young man from Handan, the capital of the Zhao state, went to Handan to learn the elegant gait of its people. He imitated them diligently, but the more he practiced, the clumsier he became, until he finally forgot his own way of walking and could only crawl back on his hands and knees.
Usage
用于形容盲目模仿，结果适得其反，甚至失去自身优势的情况。
Used to describe the situation where blindly imitating others leads to the opposite result, even losing one's own advantages.
Examples
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他邯郸学步，结果什么也没学会，反而忘了自己原来的步法。
tā Hándān xuébù, jiéguǒ shénme yě méi xuéhuì, fǎn'ér wàng le zìjǐ yuánlái de bùfǎ.
He tried to learn to walk like the people from Handan, but lost his own way of walking in the process.
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不要邯郸学步，要根据自己的实际情况学习。
bùyào Hándān xuébù, yào gēnjù zìjǐ de shíjì qíngkuàng xuéxí
Don't blindly imitate others; learn according to your own circumstances.