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tang2 lang2 bu3 chan2 , huang2 que4 zai4 hou4
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi and Zhuang¹ zi³); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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tang2
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 [Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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lang2
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 [Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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bu3
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 [Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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chan2
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 [Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 [Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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huang2
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 [Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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que4
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 [Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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zai4
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 [Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
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hou4
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 [Zhuang1 zi3]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger