邯鄲學(xué)步han dan xue bu
learning the Handan walk—try to acquire a new trick but lose the ability one already has
邯鄲學(xué)步學(xué)步邯鄲hán dān xué bù
邯鄲：指戰(zhàn)國時(shí)期趙國的都城；學(xué)步：學(xué)習(xí)走路。現(xiàn)多比喻模仿別人不到位，連自己本來就會(huì)的東西也忘掉了。imitate sb. in certain particulars, take a leaf out of another person’s book