三跤貓笑一目狗

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Chinese

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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)
simp. (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

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  • 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

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三跤貓笑一目狗

  1. (Hokkien) pot calling the kettle black

Synonyms

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