守株待兔 — Chinese idiom
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
Meaning
- lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits
- to wait idly for opportunities
- to trust to chance rather than show initiative
Character by character
- 守shǒuto defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to w
- 株zhūroot, stump; measure word for trees
- 待dàito entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to w
- 兔tùrabbit, hare
Idioms sharing a character
- 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
- 墨守成规 mò shǒu chéng guī
- 守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng
- 守土有责 shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
- 安分守己 ān fèn shǒu jǐ
- 抱残守缺 bào cán shǒu quē
- 有为有守 yǒu wéi yǒu shǒu
- 熬更守夜 áo gēng shǒu yè
- 神不守舍 shén bù shǒu shè
- 魂不守舍 hún bù shǒu shè
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