效尤

Chinese

effect; efficacy; imitate to grudge, to blame
simp. and trad.
(效尤)

Etymology

《左傳·僖公二十四年》:

[Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
Yóu ér xiào zhī, zuì yòu shèn yān. [Pinyin]
That I should, having vented my disapproval of such conduct, follow their example — that would be the worse offence.

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Verb

效尤

  1. (literary) to mimic the wrongdoing of others; to follow and do the wrong thing; to follow a bad example
    競相效尤竞相效尤   jìngxiāng xiàoyóu   to try to outdo each other in following a bad example

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