守株待兔
Traditional form:
守株待兔
Pinyin (reading):
shǒuzhūdàitù
Definitions:
- lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
- to wait idly for opportunities
- to trust to chance rather than show initiative
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
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