丈八的灯塔，照远不照近丈八的燈塔，照遠不照近丈八的燈塔，照遠不照近

a sixteen-foot lighthouse: lights the far, not the near

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A variant of the lamp-stand saying: those on high see others' faults but not their own.

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Simplified: 丈八的灯塔，照远不照近
Traditional (Taiwan): 丈八的燈塔，照遠不照近
Pinyin: zhàng bā de dēngtǎ, zhào yuǎn bú zhào jìn
Bopomofo: ㄓㄤˋ ㄅㄚ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄥㄊㄚˇ，ㄓㄠˋ ㄩㄢˇ ㄅㄨˊ ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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