守株待兔
Details
- Definition: lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom), to wait idly for opportunities, to trust to chance rather than show initiative
- HSK Level: 7
- Frequency Rank: 33204
- Alternate Forms: 守株待兔
- Notes: POS: v
Variants
守株待兔
- Pinyin: shǒu zhū dài tù
- English Definitions: lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom), to wait idly for opportunities, to trust to chance rather than show initiative
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Other transcriptions: numeric: shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4, wadegiles: shou³ chu¹ tai⁴ t'u⁴, bopomofo: ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄨ ㄉㄞˋ ㄊㄨˋ, romatzyh: shoou ju day tuh