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五十步笑百步

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù

(lit.) the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
(fig.) the pot calls the kettle black

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3–2–4–4–3–4 · wu3 shi2 bu4 xiao4 bai3 bu4

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ng5 sap6 bou6 siu3 baak3 bou6

Cantonese word readings for 五十步笑百步. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

ng5 sap6 bou6 siu3 baak3 bou6

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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