螳螂捕蝉 tánglángbǔchán the mantis stalks the cicada Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 螳螂捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 tánglángbǔchán the mantis stalks the cicada To pursue a small gain while being unaware of a greater danger approaching from behind; refers to the idiom "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind" Frequency Written text 0.098 per million Cross-References See 螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后 tánglángbǔchánhuángquèzàihòuSynonym 黄雀伺蝉 huángquèsìchán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
螳螂捕蝉 螳螂捕蟬 tánglángbǔchán the mantis stalks the cicada To pursue a small gain while being unaware of a greater danger approaching from behind; refers to the idiom "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind" Frequency Written text 0.098 per million Cross-References See 螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后 tánglángbǔchánhuángquèzàihòuSynonym 黄雀伺蝉 huángquèsìchán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)