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The Chinese idiom 邯郸学步 is about learning to walk. It's based on a story about someone who hears of a place (Handan) where people have the most gracious way of walking. He wants to learn, so he goes there and tries to imitate the people of Handan. He fails to learn how they walk and, in the process, forgets his original way of walking. Then he runs out of money to fund his travels. Unable to walk, he is forced to crawl all the way back to his home town.

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