螳臂当车 — Chinese idiom
螳臂当车
táng bì dāng chē
Traditional: 螳臂當車
Meaning
- (lit.) a mantis trying to stop a chariot
- (fig.) to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible
Character by character
- 螳tángpraying mantis
- 臂bìarm
- 当dāngappropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound o
- 车chēcart, vehicle; to move in a cart
Idioms sharing a character
- 三头六臂 sān tóu liù bì
- 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ
- 左膀右臂 zuǒ bǎng yòu bì
- 振臂一呼 zhèn bì yī hū
- 一马当先 yī mǎ dāng xiān
- 上当受骗 shàng dàng shòu piàn
- 势不可当 shì bù kě dāng
- 大敌当前 dà dí dāng qián
- 大而无当 dà ér wú dàng
- 安步当车 ān bù dàng chē
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