险道神撞着寿星老儿,你休说我的长,我也休嫌你的短險道神撞著壽星老兒,你休說我的長,我也休嫌你的短險道神撞着壽星老兒,你休説我的長,我也休嫌你的短

the Road-Clearing God meets the God of Longevity: don't call me tall, and I won't call you short

Saying俗语俗語

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

May offend: mocks disability

Meaning: Both sides have flaws, so neither should criticise the other. Like 'people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones'.

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Simplified: 险道神撞着寿星老儿,你休说我的长,我也休嫌你的短
Traditional (Taiwan): 險道神撞著壽星老兒,你休說我的長,我也休嫌你的短
Traditional (Hong Kong): 險道神撞着壽星老兒,你休説我的長,我也休嫌你的短
Pinyin: xiǎndàoshén zhuàngzhe shòuxīnglǎor,nǐ xiū shuō wǒ de zhǎng,wǒ yě xiū xián nǐ de duǎn
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄣˊ ㄓㄨㄤˋ ˙ㄓㄜㄕㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄥㄌㄠˇㄦ,ㄋㄧˇ ㄒㄧㄡㄕㄨㄛㄨㄛˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄓㄤˇ,ㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄡㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄋㄧˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄨㄢˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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