三跤貓笑一目狗

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See also: 三跤猫笑一目狗

Chinese

three bones of leg; wrestle cat laugh; smile
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
eye; item; section
eye; item; section; list; catalogue; table of contents; (taxonomy) order; goal; name; title
 
 dog
trad. (三跤貓笑一目狗) 三 跤 貓 笑 一 目 狗
simp. (三跤猫笑一目狗) 三 跤 猫 笑 一 目 狗
alternative forms 三骹貓笑一目狗／三骹猫笑一目狗
Literally: “three-legged cat laughs at one-eyed dog”.

Pronunciation

  • Southern Min
    • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: saⁿ kha niau chhiò chi̍t ba̍k káu
      • Tâi-lô: sann kha niau tshiò tsi̍t ba̍k káu
      • Phofsit Daibuun: svaf qaf niaw chioix cit bak kao
      • IPA (Xiamen): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² niãu⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚⁴⁻³² bak̚⁴⁻³² kau⁵³/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /sã³³ kʰa³³ niãu³³ t͡sʰio⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sit̚²⁴⁻² bak̚²⁴⁻² kau⁵⁵⁴/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sã⁴⁴⁻²² kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² niãu⁴⁴ t͡sʰio²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kau⁵³/

Idiom

三跤貓笑一目狗

  1. (Hokkien) pot calling the kettle black

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 五十步笑百步 (“pot calling the kettle black”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步
Cantonese Hong Kong 五十步笑百步, 五十步笑一百步
Southern Min Xiamen 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉無尾, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 三跤雞笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤
Quanzhou 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤
Zhangzhou 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾，鱉笑龜粗皮, 龜笑鱉短尾，蟳笑蝦無血, 三跤貓笑一目狗, 八兩笑半斤
Tainan 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無尾
Singapore (Hokkien) 七仔笑八仔, 龜笑鱉無毛, 龜笑鱉無尾
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