"Mantis" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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螳螂 táng láng mantis / praying mantis
蟷 dāng mantis
刀螂 dāo lang (dialect) mantis
螳蜋 táng láng mantis / praying mantis
螵蛸 piāo xiāo ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM) / cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸 / [hai3 piao1 xiao1])
皮皮虾 pí pí xiā mantis shrimp
螳 táng praying mantis
蟭 jiāo eggs of mantis
螳臂当车 táng bì dāng chē lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible / also written 螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车[tang2 bi4 dang3 che1]
螳螂捕蝉 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
螳蜋捕蝉 táng láng bǔ chán the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
螳蜋捕蝉，黄雀在后 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
虾蛄 xiā gū mantis shrimp
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
口足目 kǒu zú mù Stomatopoda, order of marine crustaceans (whose members are called mantis shrimps)
爬虾 pá xiā mantis shrimp
虾爬子 xiā pá zi mantis shrimp
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