丈八灯台
zhàng​bā​dēng​tái

blind to one's own faults

  • created sense approved 丈八灯台/丈八燈臺 · zhàng​bā​dēng​tái · blind to one's own faults — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    丈八灯台 / 丈八燈臺

    zhàng​bā​dēng​tái

    blind to one's own faults

    A lampstand eight feet high; an idiom used to describe someone who can only see other people's faults while remaining blind to their own

    丈 (literal) → 丈 · zhàng · zhang 八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight 灯台 (literal) → 灯台/燈臺 · dēng​tái · lampstand

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