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守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
HSK 3.0 Level 7
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Definitions
- 1. lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
- 2. to wait idly for opportunities
- 3. to trust to chance rather than show initiative