龟笑鳖无尾 in English gui1 xiao4 bie1 wu2 wei3 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) a tortoise laughing at a soft-shelled turtle for having no tail (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically the pot calling the kettle black

Simplified Characters

龟 笑 鳖 无 尾

Traditional Characters

龜 笑 鱉 無 尾

Pinyin

gui1 xiao4 bie1 wu2 wei3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

龟gui1tortoise 笑xiao4old variant of 笑[xiao4] 鳖bie1freshwater soft-shelled turtle 无wu2not to have 尾wei3tail