守株待兔，缘木求鱼

Traditional form:

守株待兔，緣木求魚

Pinyin (reading):

shǒuzhūdàitù,yuánmùqiúyú

Definitions:

• to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action

Characters:

• 守 - to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait
• 株 - root, stump; measure word for trees
• 待 - to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
• 兔 - rabbit, hare
• 缘 - reason, cause; fate; margin, hem
• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 求 - to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for
• 鱼 - fish

Traditional characters:

• 守 - to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait
• 株 - root, stump; measure word for trees
• 待 - to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
• 兔 - rabbit, hare
• 緣 - reason, cause; fate; margin, hem
• 木 - tree; wood, lumber; wooden
• 求 - to seek; to request, to demand; to beseech, to beg for
• 魚 - fish