丈八的灯台，照见人家，照不见自己丈八的燈臺，照見人家，照不見自己丈八的燈台，照見人家，照不見自己

a sixteen-foot lamp stand: lights others but not itself

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning: People who see others' faults easily often cannot see their own. Critical. Close to "The pot calls the kettle black."

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Simplified: 丈八的灯台，照见人家，照不见自己
Traditional (Taiwan): 丈八的燈臺，照見人家，照不見自己
Traditional (Hong Kong): 丈八的燈台，照見人家，照不見自己
Pinyin: zhàng bā de dēngtái, zhàojiàn rénjiā, zhào bújiàn zìjǐ
Bopomofo: ㄓㄤˋ ㄅㄚ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄥㄊㄞˊ，ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄚ，ㄓㄠˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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