See 八兩笑半斤 on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_text": "From the irony of a half catty being equal to eight taels.", "forms": [ { "form": "八两笑半斤", "raw_tags": [ "Simplified Chinese" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "zh", "2": "idiom" }, "expansion": "八兩笑半斤", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "Chinese", "lang_code": "zh", "literal_meaning": "eight taels laughing at the half catty", "pos": "phrase", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Chinese entries with incorrect language header", "Chinese idioms", "Chinese lemmas", "Chinese terms spelled with 兩", "Chinese terms spelled with 八", "Chinese terms spelled with 半", "Chinese terms spelled with 斤", "Chinese terms spelled with 笑", "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation", "Hokkien Chinese", "Hokkien idioms", "Hokkien lemmas", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "glosses": [ "pot calling the kettle black; tu quoque" ], "links": [ [ "pot calling the kettle black", "pot calling the kettle black" ], [ "tu quoque", "tu quoque" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(Hokkien) pot calling the kettle black; tu quoque" ], "tags": [ "Hokkien", "idiomatic" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "zh-pron": "poeh-niú chhiò-pòaⁿ-kun" }, { "zh-pron": "peh-nió͘ chhiò-pòaⁿ-kin" }, { "tags": [ "Hokkien", "POJ" ], "zh-pron": "poeh-niú chhiò-pòaⁿ-kun" }, { "tags": [ "Hokkien", "Tai-lo" ], "zh-pron": "pueh-niú tshiò-puànn-kun" }, { "tags": [ "Hokkien", "Phofsit-Daibuun" ], "zh-pron": "poehniuo chioirpvoarkwn" }, { "ipa": "/pue(ʔ)⁵ niũ⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kun³³/", "tags": [ "Hokkien", "Quanzhou" ] }, { "ipa": "/pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴/", "tags": [ "Hokkien", "Xiamen" ] }, { "tags": [ "Hokkien", "POJ" ], "zh-pron": "peh-nió͘ chhiò-pòaⁿ-kin" }, { "tags": [ "Hokkien", "Tai-lo" ], "zh-pron": "peh-nióo tshiò-puànn-kin" }, { "ipa": "/pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴/", "tags": [ "Hokkien", "Zhangzhou" ] }, { "ipa": "/pue(ʔ)⁵ niũ⁵⁵⁴ t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ puã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kun³³/" }, { "ipa": "/pue(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niũ⁵³ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kun⁴⁴/" }, { "ipa": "/pe(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ niɔ̃⁵³ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ puã²¹⁻⁵³ kin⁴⁴/" } ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "formal", "Standard-Chinese" ], "word": "五十步笑百步" }, { "tags": [ "formal", "Standard-Chinese" ], "word": "五十步笑一百步" }, { "tags": [ "Taiwan" ], "word": "五十步笑百步" }, { "tags": [ "Taiwan" ], "word": "五十步笑一百步" }, { "tags": [ "Cantonese", "Hong-Kong" ], "word": "五十步笑百步" }, { "tags": [ "Cantonese", "Hong-Kong" ], "word": "五十步笑一百步" }, { "tags": [ "Xiamen" ], "word": "七仔笑八仔" }, { "tags": [ "Xiamen" ], "word": "龜笑鱉無毛" }, { "tags": [ "Xiamen" ], "word": "龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜粗皮" }, { "tags": [ "Xiamen" ], "word": "龜笑鱉無尾" }, { "tags": [ "Xiamen" ], "word": "龜笑鱉短尾,蟳笑蝦無血" }, { "tags": [ "Xiamen" ], "word": "三跤貓笑一目狗" }, { "tags": [ "Xiamen" ], "word": "三跤雞笑一目狗" }, { "tags": [ "Xiamen" ], "word": "八兩笑半斤" }, { "tags": [ "Quanzhou" ], "word": "七仔笑八仔" }, { "tags": [ "Quanzhou" ], "word": "龜笑鱉無毛" }, { "tags": [ "Quanzhou" ], "word": "龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜粗皮" }, { "tags": [ "Quanzhou" ], "word": "龜笑鱉短尾,蟳笑蝦無血" }, { "tags": [ "Quanzhou" ], "word": "三跤貓笑一目狗" }, { "tags": [ "Quanzhou" ], "word": "八兩笑半斤" }, { "tags": [ "Zhangzhou" ], "word": "七仔笑八仔" }, { "tags": [ "Zhangzhou" ], "word": "龜笑鱉無毛" }, { "tags": [ "Zhangzhou" ], "word": "龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜粗皮" }, { "tags": [ "Zhangzhou" ], "word": "龜笑鱉短尾,蟳笑蝦無血" }, { "tags": [ "Zhangzhou" ], "word": "三跤貓笑一目狗" }, { "tags": [ "Zhangzhou" ], "word": "八兩笑半斤" }, { "tags": [ "Tainan" ], "word": "七仔笑八仔" }, { "tags": [ "Tainan" ], "word": "龜笑鱉無尾" }, { "word": "五十步笑百步" }, { "word": "五十步笑一百步" }, { "word": "Taiwan" }, { "word": "Hong Kong" }, { "word": "Xiamen" }, { "word": "七仔笑八仔" }, { "word": "龜笑鱉無毛" }, { "word": "龜笑鱉無尾,鱉笑龜粗皮" }, { "word": "龜笑鱉無尾" }, { "word": "龜笑鱉短尾,蟳笑蝦無血" }, { "word": "三跤貓笑一目狗" }, { "word": "三跤雞笑一目狗" }, { "word": "Quanzhou" }, { "word": "Zhangzhou" }, { "word": "Tainan" } ], "word": "八兩笑半斤" }
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