龜笑鱉無尾 guī xiào biē wú wěi

pot calling the kettle black; blame same fault

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. the pot calling the kettle black

Characters

Character Meaning
龜 guī
turtle; tortoise
笑 xiào HSK 2
smile; laugh; old variant of 笑xiào
鱉 biē
freshwater soft-shelled turtle; variant of 鱉biē
無 wú
not; no; not to have
尾 wěi HSK 5
tail; remainder; remnant