你我半斤八两
“you and I are not so different.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
如此说来
“In that case,”
你我 半斤八两
“you and I are not so different.”
你每隔三十年
“Every thirty years,”
“Do not judge me when you are guilty of the exact same thing.”
In the ancient Chinese system of weights, one catty (jin) equaled sixteen ounces (liang), making 'half a catty' identical to 'eight ounces'—symbolizing two sides with no meaningful difference.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
six of one and half a dozen of the other; equally bad
A common idiom usually carrying a slightly derogatory or self-deprecating nuance, indicating two people are equally flawed.