螳螂捕蝉,黄雀在后

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

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mantis / praying mantis
to catch / to seize / to capture

= + : Ivan Pavlov (甫) tries to catch (捕) Bruno Bear (bu) with a toy claw (扌) inside of the space station (Ø3) because he wants to conduct an experiment on him.
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
yellow / pornographic / to fall through

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: the Yellow Emperor.

Helga Horse (hu) invited the Yellow Emperor (黄) to have a few cuba libres (由) in the anglepod's kitchen (ang2). But it's a trap! After the yellow emperor is drunk enough, Helga Horse spills eightballs (八) on the floor for the yellow emperor to trip on and fall into a well (井).
(bird species of China) Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus)
(bound form) small bird / sparrow / also pr. [qiao3]
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)

= + + : Zorro (z) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) exist (在) in the airplane's bathroom (ai4). Rosa is in the middle of balancing a flute (一) on her head and on a pile of clay (土). Zorro uses his rapier to inscribe "Z" into the flute, so as to mark that the pronunciation of "在" begins with "z".
empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

= + 𠮛 : Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.

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