{"path":"/entry/95773","title":"螳臂当车 / 螳臂當車 (táng bì dāng chē) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"螳臂当车 / 螳臂當車 (táng bì dāng chē): a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":95773,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["螳臂当车"],"TRADITIONAL":["螳臂當車"]}},"phonetic":"táng bì dāng chē","phoneticKey":"tang2 bi4 dang1 che1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"a mantis trying to stop a chariot ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to overrate oneself and attempt something impossible","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":null,"relations":[{"kind":"SYNONYM","readingId":90056,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["自不量力"],"TRADITIONAL":["自不量力"]}},"phonetic":"zì bù liàng lì","gloss":{"simplified":"to overestimate one's capabilities (idiom)","traditional":null}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":"a mantis blocking a vehicle with its arms","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Zhuangzi","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"汝不知夫螳蜋乎？怒其臂以当车辙，不知其不胜任也，是其才之美者也。","traditional":"汝不知夫螳蜋乎？怒其臂以當車轍，不知其不勝任也，是其才之美者也。"},"phonetic":"Rǔ bùzhī fú tángláng hū? Nù qí bì yǐ dāng chēzhé, bùzhī qí bù shēngrèn yě, shì qí cái zhī měi zhě yě.","english":"Do you not know the praying mantis? It angrily stretches out its arms, to block the car tracks, unconscious of its inability for such a task, but showing how much it thinks of its own powers.","ref":"Zhuangzi, circa 3ʳᵈ – 2ⁿᵈ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}