螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後

Chinese

praying mantis to catch; to seize; to capture cicada Eurasian siskin
 
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後) 螳螂 捕 蟬 ， 黃雀 在 後
simp. (螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后) 螳螂 捕 蝉 ， 黄雀 在 后
Literally: “the mantis catches the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tángláng bǔ chán, huángquè zài hòu
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄢˊ, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): tong4 long4 bou6 sim4, wong4 zoek3 zoi6 hau6
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Pinyin: tángláng bǔ chán, huángquè zài hòu
      • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄢˊ, ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tangrlang buu chanr, hwangchiueh tzay how
      • IPA (key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰa̠n³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後

  1. to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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