try to carve a swan and at least you’ll get a duck—aim reasonably high and you won’t fall far short
刻鵠類(lèi)鶩kè hú lèi wù
鵠：天鵝；類(lèi)：象、似；鶩：鴨子?？虃€(gè)天鵝不象，不過(guò)還象個(gè)鴨子。比喻仿效雖不算成功，但還相似。fail to achieve what one set out to do, aim reasonably high and you won’t fall far short