Mantis Fighting

Mantis Fighting

Mantis arm, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t á NGL á NGF è Nb ì, which means Mantis arm pawns the cart. It means to do something that strength can't do, it is bound to fail. It comes from Xie Shi Guan Qi written by Huang Tao of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

A mantis is like a cart. It means that if you do something that your strength can't do, you are bound to fail.

The origin of Idioms

In Xie Shi Guan Qi written by Huang Tao of Tang Dynasty, "the clam will be dissected, and it will only revolve in the bright moon; the mantis will die in the high car."

Idiom usage

As an object, attributive; refers to self-reliance, subject predicate. But it's a good example to fight against millions of people. Xu fuzuo's notes on throwing shuttles in Ming Dynasty