汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 螳螂捕蝉
螳螂捕蝉 (螳螂捕蟬)
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
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

螳螂捕蝉, 黄雀在后。

Mantis catching cicadas , in the post-oriole.

螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后。

A mantis catches a cicada, a yellowbird behinds .

螳螂捕蝉”比作只见眼前利益而不顾身后大患的目光短浅的人物。

The mantis is likened to people who only see immediate 4 gains without caution.

然而螳螂捕蝉, 黄雀在后,英国《经济学家》推出二次方讨论,历数“房地产专家”“七宗罪”,就部分观点展开批驳。

But beyond arrest cicada , awful in the post-British "Economist" introduced two side discussion listing" real estate expert , "the" seven sins " , perspective on the part of a refuting.

有一天,他看到一本书上说:“如果能找到螳螂捕蝉的时候用来遮挡自己的那片叶子,然后用它遮住眼睛,别人就看不见你了。”

One day he read in a book that if one could find the leaf which was used as a screen by a mantis to catch cicada, and blocked his view with that leaf, he would be invisible to others.