螳臂當車 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 螳臂当车 tángbìdāngchē ㄊㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄤ ㄔㄜ a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) lit. to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible fig. Character by character 螳(táng)praying mantis 臂(bì)arm 當(dāng)be 車(chē)surname Che A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0