螳
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- 1. praying mantis
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Beipai Tanglang Quan - \Northern Praying Mantis\ (Chinese Martial Art)
Chow Gar - \Southern Praying Mantis\ - Martial Art
lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom)
mantis
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger