"五十歩百歩" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Japanese]

IPA: [ɡo̞ʑip̚po̞ ça̠p̚po̞], [ɡo̞ʑɨᵝp̚po̞ ça̠p̚po̞] Forms: 五十歩百歩 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じっ), (), (ひゃっ), ()), 五十歩百歩 [canonical] (ruby: (), (じゅっ), (), (ひゃっ), ()), gojippo hyappo [romanization], gojuppo hyappo [romanization]
Etymology: Shortening of 五十歩をもって百歩を笑う (gojippo o motte hyappo o warau, “to laugh at a hundred steps after having [gone] fifty steps”), in turn ultimately a learned borrowing from Chinese 五十步笑百步 (wǔshí bù xiào bǎi bù, literally “fifty steps laughs at one hundred steps”), from a story by Mencius wherein two characters are running away from a battle and the one going fifty steps laughs at the one having gone one hundred steps for being a coward. The point of the expression is that both have run away, and the difference is purely a matter of degree. The longer form is first cited to 1714, and the shortened form is first cited to around 1716. The shortened form now appears to have replaced the longer form. Etymology templates: {{m|ja|五十歩をもって百歩を笑う||to laugh at a hundred steps after having 􂀿gone􂁀 fifty steps|tr=gojippo o motte hyappo o warau}} 五十歩をもって百歩を笑う (gojippo o motte hyappo o warau, “to laugh at a hundred steps after having [gone] fifty steps”), {{lbor|ja|zh|五十步笑百步|lit=fifty steps laughs at one hundred steps|nocap=1|sort=こじっぽひゃっぽ'}} learned borrowing from Chinese 五十步笑百步 (wǔshí bù xiào bǎi bù, literally “fifty steps laughs at one hundred steps”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|idiom|ごじっぽ ひゃっぽ|ごじゅっぽ ひゃっぽ}} 五(ご)十(じっ)歩(ぽ)百(ひゃっ)歩(ぽ) or 五(ご)十(じゅっ)歩(ぽ)百(ひゃっ)歩(ぽ) • (gojippo hyappo or gojuppo hyappo)
  1. pot calling the kettle black; six of one, half a dozen of the other Wikipedia link: Daijisen, Shogakukan, Tōkyō, ja:大辞泉, ja:松村明 Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 目糞鼻糞を笑う (mekuso hanakuso o warau) (ruby: 目糞鼻糞(めくそはなくそ), (わら)) (english: the eye booger laughs at the nose booger) [literally], 目糞鼻糞 (mekuso hanakuso) (ruby: 目糞鼻糞(めくそはなくそ)) (english: eye booger, nose booger) [literally]

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