守株待兔，缘木求鱼 (守株待兔，緣木求魚)
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
Pinyin

Definition

守株待兔，缘木求鱼 (守株待兔，緣木求魚)
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shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

期待
qī dài
  1. 1 to look forward to
  2. 2 to await
  3. 3 expectation
木
Mù
  1. 1 surname Mu
求
qiú
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to look for
  3. 3 to request
  4. 4 to demand
  5. 5 to beseech
等待
děng dài
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
要求
yāo qiú
  1. 1 to request
  2. 2 to require
  3. 3 requirement
  4. 4 to stake a claim
  5. 5 to ask
  6. 6 to demand
  7. 7 classifier: 点 diǎn

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)