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 doingback; behind; rear; afterwards; after; latertrad. (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”.
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