黃雀伺蟬
huáng​què​sì​chán

unaware of one's own danger

  • created reference approved 黄雀伺蝉/黃雀伺蟬 → 螳螂捕蝉/螳螂捕蟬 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黄雀伺蝉 / 黃雀伺蟬 huáng​què​sì​chán

    螳螂捕蝉 / 螳螂捕蟬 táng​láng​bǔ​chán

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 黄雀伺蝉/黃雀伺蟬 · huáng​què​sì​chán · unaware of one's own danger — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黄雀伺蝉 / 黃雀伺蟬

    huáng​què​sì​chán

    unaware of one's own danger

    (idiom) to be so focused on immediate gains that one is unaware of the hidden danger lurking behind; from a story about a siskin bird watching a cicada while a hunter aims from below

    黄雀 (literal) → 黄雀/黃雀 · huáng​què · siskin 伺 (literal) → 伺 · sì · to wait 蝉 (literal) → 蝉/蟬 · chán · cicada

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense