五十步笑百步
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom); the pot calls the kettle black
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- (idiom) the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
- the pot calls the kettle black
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Related Words
眷村(juàn cūn)— military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949)
→三脚两步(sān jiǎo liǎng bù)— hurriedly
→创世(chuàng shì)— the creation (in mythology and Genesis 1-2)
→土阶茅屋(tǔ jiē máo wū)— lit. earthen steps and a small cottage
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