龜笑鱉無毛
Chinese
| tortoise; turtle | laugh; smile | turtle | not have | hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (龜笑鱉無毛) | 龜 | 笑 | 鱉 | 無 | 毛 | |
| simp. (龟笑鳖无毛) | 龟 | 笑 | 鳖 | 无 | 毛 | |
| Literally: “tortoise laughs at a soft-shell turtle for not having fur”. | ||||||
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 五十步笑百步 (“pot calling the kettle black”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉無尾, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 三跤雞笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤 |
| Quanzhou | 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤 | |
| Zhangzhou | 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤 | |
| Tainan | 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無尾 | |
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