守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
Pinyin
Definition
守株待兔
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- lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
- to wait idly for opportunities
- to trust to chance rather than show initiative
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不见兔子不撒鹰
- 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
- 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
以礼相待
- 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
以逸待劳
- 1 to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
- 2 to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
兔子不吃窝边草
- 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
兔死狐悲
- 1 lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress