lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom); fig. the pot calling the kettle black
trad. 龜笑鱉無尾
Also written 龜笑鱉無尾【guī xiào biē wú wěi】
Characters in this word
5龟
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tortoise; turtle, (coll.) cuckold
- Pinyin
- guī
- Traditional
- 龜
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 6133 of 2500
笑
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old variant of 笑[xiao4]
- Pinyin
- xiào
- Traditional
- 咲
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 534 of 2500
鳖
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softshell turtle
- Pinyin
- biē
- Traditional
- 鱉
- Strokes
- 19
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
尾
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tail, remainder, remnant, extremity, sixth of the 28 constellations, classifier for fish
- Pinyin
- wěi
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9230 of 2500