龟笑鳖无尾 guī xiào biē wú wěi

the pot calling the kettle black

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
龟 guī
turtle; tortoise
笑 xiào HSK 2
smile; laugh; old variant of 笑xiào
鳖 biē
freshwater soft-shelled turtle; variant of 鱉biē
无 wú HSK 4
not; no; not to have
尾 wěi HSK 5
tail; remainder; remnant