丈八燈臺——照遠不照近

Chinese

		zhang (unit of measurement)	eight	base of a lamp; lamp base; lampstand base of a lamp; lamp base; lampstand; lighthouse		according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph	far; distant; remote	not; no	according to; in accordance with; to shine according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph	near; close (to); approximately
trad. (丈八燈臺——照遠不照近/丈八燈台——照遠不照近)		丈	八	燈臺/燈台	——	照	遠	不	照	近
simp. (丈八灯台——照远不照近)		丈	八	灯台	——	照	远	不	照	近
alternative forms		丈八燈臺——照得見人家，照不見自家／丈八灯台——照得见人家，照不见自家 丈八燈臺——照見人家，照不見自己／丈八灯台——照见人家，照不见自己
Literally: “1.8 zhang lampstand ― lighting up the far side but not the near side”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàng bā dēngtái, zhào yuǎn bù zhào jìn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˋ ㄅㄚ ㄉㄥ ㄊㄞˊ , ㄓㄠˋ ㄩㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng⁶ baat³ dang¹ toi⁴, ziu³ jyun⁵ bat¹ ziu³ kan⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàng bā dēngtái, zhào yuǎn bù zhào jìn [Phonetic: zhàng bā dēngtái, zhào yuǎn bú zhào jìn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˋ ㄅㄚ ㄉㄥ ㄊㄞˊ , ㄓㄠˋ ㄩㄢˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàng ba dengtái, jhào yuǎn bù jhào jìn
    • Wade–Giles: chang⁴ pa¹ têng¹-tʻai², chao⁴ yüan³ pu⁴ chao⁴ chin⁴
    • Yale: jàng bā dēng-tái-, jàu ywǎn bù jàu jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: janq ba dengtair, jaw yeuan buh bu jinn
    • Palladius: чжан ба дэнтай, чжао юань бу чжао цзинь (čžan ba dɛntaj, čžao juanʹ bu čžao czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ tɤŋ⁵⁵ tʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng⁶ baat³ dang¹ toi⁴, ziu³ jyun⁵ bat¹ ziu³ kan⁵
    • Yale: jeuhng baat dāng tòih, jiu yúhn bāt jiu káhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng⁶ baat⁸ dang¹ toi⁴, dziu³ jyn⁵ bat⁷ dziu³ kan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng⁶ bad³ deng¹ toi⁴, jiu³ yun⁵ bed¹ jiu³ ken⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ²² paːt̚³ tɐŋ⁵⁵ tʰɔːi̯²¹ t͡siːu̯³³ jyːn¹³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siːu̯³³ kʰɐn¹³/

Idiom

丈八燈臺——照遠不照近

1. (xiehouyu) seeing other people's shortcomings but not one's own

   Synonyms: 燈臺不照自己／灯台不照自己 (dēngtái bù zhào zìjǐ), 燈臺不自照／灯台不自照 (dēngtái bù zì zhào)