螳臂當車

Chinese

		praying mantis	arm	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (螳臂當車)		螳	臂	當	車
simp. (螳臂当车)		螳	臂	当	车
variant forms		螳臂擋車／螳臂挡车
Literally: “a mantis trying to stop a vehicle with its foreleg”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tángbìdāngchē, tángbìdǎngchē

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤㄔㄜ, ㄊㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤˇ ㄔㄜ
Min Nan (POJ): tông-pì-tong-ki / tông-pì-tong-ku

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: tángbìdāngchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤㄔㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngbihdangche
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ pi⁵¹ tɑŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: tángbìdǎngchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤˇ ㄔㄜ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarngbihdaangche
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵ pi⁵¹ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông-pì-tong-ki / tông-pì-tong-ku
  - Tâi-lô: tông-pì-tong-ki / tông-pì-tong-ku
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongpie'dongky, dongpie'dongkw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ³³ ki³³/, /tɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ³³ ku³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² pi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ¹³⁻²² pi²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pi¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pi¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ pi²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki⁴⁴/, /tɔŋ²³⁻³³ pi²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ ku⁴⁴/

Idiom

螳臂當車

(figuratively) to overrate oneself and attempt something impossible

Synonyms

夸父逐日 (kuāfùzhúrì)

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