Thursday, March 23, 2017

There is a Chinese-language idiom ...''TÁNG BÌ DĀNG CHĒ'' [螳臂当车] which means ''a mantis trying to stop a chariot''. It means to attempt the impossible!

There is a Chinese-language idiom ...

''TÁNG  BÌ  DĀNG  CHĒ'' [螳臂当车]

which means ''a mantis trying to stop a chariot''. It means to attempt the impossible!


 TÁNG = praying mantis
BÌ = arm
...
DĀNG = to be
CHĒ = car, or chariot/cart

In terms of humankind trying to stop runaway climate change, is this a noteworthy idiom to learn and remember? Are we humans the mantis and global warming is the chariot we cannot stop?

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