黄雀在后
“The hunter may become the hunted.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不好
“Oh no.”
黄雀在后
“The hunter may become the hunted.”
愣着干吗
“Why are you just standing there?”
“We've been ambushed—there is someone waiting behind us to reap the spoils!”
A deeply ingrained Daoist and military stratagem teaching people never to pursue short-term gains without keeping vigil over hidden dangers lurking behind.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (unseen threat from behind)
Shortened from the classic idiom '螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后'; used when a predator is themselves being hunted by a hidden third party.