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守株待兔

shǒu zhū dài tù
HSK 3.0 Level 7

Definitions

  • lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  • to wait idly for opportunities
  • to trust to chance rather than show initiative

Child Words of 守株待兔