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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 processlaugh; smile one hundred a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a processsimp. and trad.
(五十步笑一百步)五十 步 笑 一百 步
Idiom
五十步笑一百步
- soldiers who retreated fifty steps laughing at soldiers who retreated a hundred steps; the pot calling the kettle black