"螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後" meaning in 漢語

See 螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tʰɑŋ³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰɔːŋ²¹ lɔːŋ²¹ pou̯²² siːm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sœːk̚³ t͡sɔːi̯²² hɐu̯²²/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 比喻眼光短淺,只貪圖眼前的利益而忽略背後隱藏的危險
    Sense id: zh-螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後-zh-phrase-3OgPvGmJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "translation": "吳王想攻打楚國,告訴所有人:「敢對此事進諫者處死!」有個隨侍想勸阻他,卻又不敢,於是手拿彈弓,懷裡藏著彈丸,跑到後方庭園遊玩,讓露水沾濕他的衣服,連續三天後,吳王問他:「你為什麼要把衣服弄濕呢?」\n他便回答:「園中有一棵樹,樹上有隻蟬。蟬在高處鳴叫、喝露水,卻不知道螳螂在牠身後;螳螂捲曲身體靠近樹枝,彎曲前肢,企圖抓住蟬,不知道牠旁邊有一隻黃雀;黃雀伸長脖子想啄螳螂,卻不知道牠身後有彈丸要將其射下。牠們三個都只顧眼前的利益,完全無暇顧及身後的危險。」\n吳王聽了說:「好!」於是打消了他的征服計劃。"
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      "form": "螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后",
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  "pos_title": "俗語",
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        "比喻眼光短淺,只貪圖眼前的利益而忽略背後隱藏的危險"
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        "Mandarin",
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      "zh_pron": "tángláng bǔ chán"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      "zh_pron": "huángquè zài hòu"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄢˊ"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ"
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        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "tong⁴ long⁴ bou⁶ sim⁴"
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      "zh_pron": "wong⁴ zoek³ zoi⁶ hau⁶"
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      "zh_pron": "tángláng bǔ chán"
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      "zh_pron": "huángquè zài hòu"
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      "zh_pron": "tarnglang buu charn"
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      "roman": "tanlan bu čanʹ, xuancjue czaj xou",
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      "zh_pron": "wong⁴ dzoek⁸ dzoi⁶ hau⁶"
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      "zh_pron": "tong⁴ long⁴ bou⁶ xim⁴"
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      "zh_pron": "wong⁴ zêg³ zoi⁶ heo⁶"
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      "ipa": "/tʰɔːŋ²¹ lɔːŋ²¹ pou̯²² siːm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sœːk̚³ t͡sɔːi̯²² hɐu̯²²/",
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      "ref": "《說苑》,約公元前1世紀",
      "roman": "Wú wáng yù fá Jīng, gào qí zuǒyòu yuē: “Gǎn yǒu jiàn zhě sǐ!” Shè rén yǒu shào rúzǐ yù jiàn bùgǎn, zé huái wán cāo dàn, yóu yú hòuyuán, lù zhān qí yī, rúshì zhě zàisān. Wú wáng yuē: “Zǐ lái, hékǔ zhān yī rúcǐ!”,\nDuì yuē: “Yuán zhōng yǒu shù, qí shàng yǒu chán, chán gāo jū bēimíng, yǐn lù, bùzhī tángláng zài qí hòu yě; tángláng wěi shēn qū fù, yù qǔ chán, bùzhī huángquè zài qí páng yě; huángquè yán jǐng, yù zhuó tángláng, ér bùzhī dànwán zài qí xià yě. Cǐ sān zhě jiē wù yù dé qí qián lì, ér bùgù qí hòu zhī yǒu huàn yě.”\nWú wáng yuē: “Shàn zāi!” Nǎi bà qí bīng.",
      "tags": [
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      "text": "吳王欲伐荊,告其左右曰:「敢有諫者死!」舍人有少孺子欲諫不敢,則懷丸操彈,游於後園,露沾其衣,如是者再三。吳王曰:「子來,何苦沾衣如此!」,\n對曰:「園中有樹,其上有蟬,蟬高居悲鳴、飲露,不知螳螂在其後也;螳螂委身曲附,欲取蟬,不知黃雀在其旁也;黃雀延頸,欲啄螳螂,而不知彈丸在其下也。此三者皆務欲得其前利,而不顧其後之有患也。」\n吳王曰:「善哉!」乃罷其兵。",
      "translation": "吳王想攻打楚國,告訴所有人:「敢對此事進諫者處死!」有個隨侍想勸阻他,卻又不敢,於是手拿彈弓,懷裡藏著彈丸,跑到後方庭園遊玩,讓露水沾濕他的衣服,連續三天後,吳王問他:「你為什麼要把衣服弄濕呢?」\n他便回答:「園中有一棵樹,樹上有隻蟬。蟬在高處鳴叫、喝露水,卻不知道螳螂在牠身後;螳螂捲曲身體靠近樹枝,彎曲前肢,企圖抓住蟬,不知道牠旁邊有一隻黃雀;黃雀伸長脖子想啄螳螂,卻不知道牠身後有彈丸要將其射下。牠們三個都只顧眼前的利益,完全無暇顧及身後的危險。」\n吳王聽了說:「好!」於是打消了他的征服計劃。"
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      "ref": "《說苑》,約公元前1世紀",
      "roman": "Wú wáng yù fá Jīng, gào qí zuǒyòu yuē: “Gǎn yǒu jiàn zhě sǐ!” Shè rén yǒu shào rúzǐ yù jiàn bùgǎn, zé huái wán cāo dàn, yóu yú hòuyuán, lù zhān qí yī, rúshì zhě zàisān. Wú wáng yuē: “Zǐ lái, hékǔ zhān yī rúcǐ!”,\nDuì yuē: “Yuán zhōng yǒu shù, qí shàng yǒu chán, chán gāo jū bēimíng, yǐn lù, bùzhī tángláng zài qí hòu yě; tángláng wěi shēn qū fù, yù qǔ chán, bùzhī huángquè zài qí páng yě; huángquè yán jǐng, yù zhuó tángláng, ér bùzhī dànwán zài qí xià yě. Cǐ sān zhě jiē wù yù dé qí qián lì, ér bùgù qí hòu zhī yǒu huàn yě.”\nWú wáng yuē: “Shàn zāi!” Nǎi bà qí bīng.",
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      "text": "吴王欲伐荆,告其左右曰:「敢有谏者死!」舍人有少孺子欲谏不敢,则怀丸操弹,游于后园,露沾其衣,如是者再三。吴王曰:「子来,何苦沾衣如此!」,\n对曰:「园中有树,其上有蝉,蝉高居悲鸣、饮露,不知螳螂在其后也;螳螂委身曲附,欲取蝉,不知黄雀在其旁也;黄雀延颈,欲啄螳螂,而不知弹丸在其下也。此三者皆务欲得其前利,而不顾其后之有患也。」\n吴王曰:「善哉!」乃罢其兵。",
      "translation": "吳王想攻打楚國,告訴所有人:「敢對此事進諫者處死!」有個隨侍想勸阻他,卻又不敢,於是手拿彈弓,懷裡藏著彈丸,跑到後方庭園遊玩,讓露水沾濕他的衣服,連續三天後,吳王問他:「你為什麼要把衣服弄濕呢?」\n他便回答:「園中有一棵樹,樹上有隻蟬。蟬在高處鳴叫、喝露水,卻不知道螳螂在牠身後;螳螂捲曲身體靠近樹枝,彎曲前肢,企圖抓住蟬,不知道牠旁邊有一隻黃雀;黃雀伸長脖子想啄螳螂,卻不知道牠身後有彈丸要將其射下。牠們三個都只顧眼前的利益,完全無暇顧及身後的危險。」\n吳王聽了說:「好!」於是打消了他的征服計劃。"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "比喻眼光短淺,只貪圖眼前的利益而忽略背後隱藏的危險"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tángláng bǔ chán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huángquè zài hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tong⁴ long⁴ bou⁶ sim⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wong⁴ zoek³ zoi⁶ hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tángláng bǔ chán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huángquè zài hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄤˊ ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄔㄢˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄑㄩㄝˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tángláng bǔ chán"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huángcyuè zài hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻang²-lang² pu³ chʻan²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huang²-chʻüeh⁴ tsai⁴ hou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "táng-láng bǔ chán-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwáng-chywè dzài hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tarnglang buu charn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwangchiueh tzay how"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tanlan bu čanʹ, xuancjue czaj xou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "танлан бу чань"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tanlan bu čanʹ, xuancjue czaj xou",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хуанцюэ цзай хоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɑŋ³⁵ lɑŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰän³⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tong⁴ long⁴ bou⁶ sim⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wong⁴ zoek³ zoi⁶ hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tòhng lòhng bouh sìhm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wòhng jeuk joih hauh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tong⁴ long⁴ bou⁶ sim⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wong⁴ dzoek⁸ dzoi⁶ hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tong⁴ long⁴ bou⁶ xim⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wong⁴ zêg³ zoi⁶ heo⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰɔːŋ²¹ lɔːŋ²¹ pou̯²² siːm²¹ wɔːŋ²¹ t͡sœːk̚³ t͡sɔːi̯²² hɐu̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "螳螂捕蟬,黃雀在後"
}

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