五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
Pinyin

Definition

五十步笑百步
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wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. the pot calls the kettle black

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
五
wǔ
  1. 1 five
  2. 2 5
十
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
十二
shí èr
  1. 1 twelve
  2. 2 12
十分
shí fēn
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 utterly
  4. 4 extremely
  5. 5 absolutely
  6. 6 hundred percent
  7. 7 to divide into ten equal parts
笑
xiào
  1. 1 old variant of 笑[xiào]
微笑
wēi xiào
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],絲|丝[sī]
  3. 3 to smile
搞笑
gǎo xiào
  1. 1 to get people to laugh
  2. 2 funny
  3. 3 hilarious
步
Bù
  1. 1 surname Bu
百
Bǎi
  1. 1 surname Bai
笑容
xiào róng
  1. 1 smile
  2. 2 smiling expression
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
笑话
xiào huà
  1. 1 joke
  2. 2 jest
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 to laugh at
  5. 5 to mock
第五
dì wǔ
  1. 1 fifth
七十
qī shí
  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70
九十
jiǔ shí
  1. 1 ninety
二十
èr shí
  1. 1 twenty
  2. 2 20
二十多
èr shí duō
  1. 1 over 20
二百五
èr bǎi wǔ
  1. 1 idiot
  2. 2 stupid person
  3. 3 a dope
五一
wǔ yī
  1. 1 5-1 (May 1st)

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
  1. 1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
  2. 2 reliable
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三十而立
sān shí ér lì
  1. 1 thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius)
三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì
  1. 1 over and over again (idiom)
三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng
  1. 1 all walks of life (idiom)
  2. 2 every trade
三纲五常
sān gāng wǔ cháng
  1. 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
  2. 2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black

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