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北派螳螂拳 北派螳螂拳 [bei3 pai4 tang2 lang2 quan2] /Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)/ 5799 1
[[lang2]] /used in 螞螂|蚂螂[ma1lang2]/used in 蜣螂[qiang1lang2] and 虼螂[ge4lang2]/used in 螳螂[tang2lang2]/used in 蟑螂[zhang1lang2]/ 771 2
南派螳螂 南派螳螂 [nan2 pai4 tang2 lang2] /Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art/ 5799 1
[tang2] /praying mantis/ 7122 1
螳螂 螳螂 [tang2 lang2] /mantis/praying mantis/ 5799 1
螳臂當車 螳臂当车 [[tang2bi4-dang1che1]] /(lit.) a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom)/(fig.) to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible/ 71 2
螳臂擋車 螳臂挡车 [[tang2bi4-dang3che1]] /see 螳臂當車|螳臂当车[tang2bi4-dang1che1]/ 486 2
螳螂捕蟬 螳螂捕蝉 [[tang2lang2-bu3chan2]] /see 螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後|螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后[tang2lang2-bu3chan2, huang2que4-zai4hou4]/ 153 2
螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後 螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后 [[tang2lang2-bu3chan2, huang2que4-zai4hou4]] /(lit.) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1zi3])/(fig.) to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger/ 71 2

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