From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「以螳當車」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
Here is the Chinese idiom 「以螳當車」, along with its meaning and how it is used.
Use the mantis arms to stop the wheels from moving forward. A metaphor for overestimating one’s own abilities.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐ táng dāng chē
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yi5 tong4 dong3/dong1 che1
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