乌鸦趴在猪身上，只看见猪黑，看不见自己黑烏鴉趴在豬身上，只看見豬黑，看不見自己黑烏鴉趴在豬身上，只看見豬黑，看不見自己黑

a crow perched on a pig: sees only that the pig is black, not that it is black itself

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · In everyday use

Meaning: Mocks people who see others' faults but not their own. Like 'the pot calling the kettle black'.

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Simplified: 乌鸦趴在猪身上，只看见猪黑，看不见自己黑
Traditional (Taiwan): 烏鴉趴在豬身上，只看見豬黑，看不見自己黑
Pinyin: wūyā pā zài zhū shēnshang, zhǐ kànjiàn zhū hēi, kànbújiàn zìjǐ hēi
Bopomofo: ㄨㄧㄚㄆㄚㄗㄞˋ ㄓㄨㄕㄣ ˙ㄕㄤ，ㄓˇ ㄎㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄏㄟ，ㄎㄢˋ ㄅㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄗˋ ㄐㄧˇ ㄏㄟ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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