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五十步笑一百步

五十步笑一百步

Chinese

fifty
 
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
laugh; smile one hundred
 
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process
simp. and trad.
(五十步笑一百步)
五十 一百

Idiom

五十步笑一百步

  1. soldiers who retreated fifty steps laughing at soldiers who retreated a hundred steps; the pot calling the kettle black