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东施效颦
传说春秋时期，越国有一美女，名西施。
但是西施有心口疼的毛病，所以她经常手捂胸口，皱着眉头走着。
村子里还住着一位丑姑娘，叫做东施，她十分嫉妒西施。
于是东施时常效彷西施，手捂胸口，紧皱眉头。
东施觉得她效彷西施就会变得很美丽，但是实际上，只会使她变得更难看而已。
这个典故比喻不恰当的模彷，带来相反的效果。
In the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期,770-476 BC), there was a beauty in the State of Yue called Xishi (西施).
She often suffered from pains in her chest, and so she would often walk around doubled over and with her brows knitted.
There was an ugly girl in the village called Dongshi who envied Xishi.
Striving to emulate Xishi, she imitated her stoop, knitting her brows at the same time.
She thought that this made her elegant, but in fact, it only made her more ugly.
Later, this idiom came to be used to indicate improper imitation that produces the reverse effect.
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