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| 螳螂 | táng láng | mantis / praying mantis |
| 螳 | táng | praying mantis |
| 螵蛸 | piāo xiāo | ootheca, i.e. eggs in their capsule, of a praying mantis (used in TCM) / cuttlebone (abbr. for 海螵蛸 [hai3 piao1 xiao1]) |
| 螳臂当车 | táng bì dāng chē | lit. a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / fig. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible / also written 螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车[tang2 bi4 dang3 che1] |
| 刀螂 | dāo lang | (dialect) mantis |
| 蟭 | jiāo | eggs of mantis |
| 蟷 | dāng | mantis |
| 虾蛄 | xiā gū | mantis shrimp |
| 皮皮虾 | pí pí xiā | mantis shrimp |
| 爬虾 | pá xiā | mantis shrimp |
| 虾爬子 | xiā pá zi | mantis shrimp |
| 螳螂捕蝉 | táng láng bǔ chán | 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 |
| 北派螳螂拳 | běi pài táng láng quán | Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art) |
| 南派螳螂 | nán pài táng láng | Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art |
| 口足目 | kǒu zú mù | Stomatopoda, order of marine crustaceans (whose members are called mantis shrimps) |
| 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 | táng láng bǔ chán , huáng què zài hòu | 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 |