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[quote=ZOEY,258329]No.1 邯郸学步 (Han 2 Dan 1 Xue 2 Bu 4). It means: "Learn the Handan walk---in trying to acquire a new trick, lose the ability one already has.

History: About two thousand years ago, there was a guy from the Yan Country. He needn't worry about his meals because his family was rich and he was not ugly. However, he was always lack of confidence toward himself.

One day, he met a couple of people on the street talking about the Handan people. They said that Handan people walked very elegantly. While hearing what they said, this guy was trying to imagine how the Handan people walk but failed. Thus, he decided to go to Handan and learn the Handan people walk. After arriving Handan, he found that Handan people really walked elegantly no matter they were children, adults or oldmen. Immediately, he started to learn to walk as they did (No matter they were children, adults, oldmen, female or male). Finally, he learned nothing and forgot how to walk. Thus, he just crawled back home.[/quote]

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