守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
Pinyin

Definition

守株待兔
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shǒu zhū dài tù
  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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

待
dāi
  1. 1 to stay
期待
qī dài
  1. 1 to look forward to
  2. 2 to await
  3. 3 expectation
等待
děng dài
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
交待
jiāo dài
  1. 1 variant of 交代[jiāo dài]
保守
bǎo shǒu
  1. 1 conservative
  2. 2 to guard
  3. 3 to keep
兔
tù
  1. 1 variant of 兔[tù]
兔子
tù zi
  1. 1 hare
  2. 2 rabbit
  3. 3 CL:隻|只[zhī]
兔年
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
善待
shàn dài
  1. 1 to treat well
坚守
jiān shǒu
  1. 1 to hold fast to
  2. 2 to stick to
守
shǒu
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to abide by the law
  5. 5 to observe (rules or ritual)
  6. 6 nearby
  7. 7 adjoining
守住
shǒu zhu
  1. 1 to hold on to
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to keep
  4. 4 to guard
守候
shǒu hòu
  1. 1 to wait for
  2. 2 to expect
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to watch over
  5. 5 to nurse
守夜
shǒu yè
  1. 1 to be on all-night duty
  2. 2 to be on night watch
  3. 3 to keep a vigil
守时
shǒu shí
  1. 1 punctual
守望
shǒu wàng
  1. 1 to keep watch
  2. 2 on guard
守岁
shǒu suì
  1. 1 to see in the New Year
  2. 2 to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
守卫
shǒu wèi
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to defend
守护
shǒu hù
  1. 1 to guard
  2. 2 to protect
对待
duì dài
  1. 1 to treat
  2. 2 treatment

Idioms (20)

不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
以逸待劳
yǐ yì dài láo
  1. 1 to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
  2. 2 to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 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
tù sǐ hú bēi
  1. 1 lit. if the rabbit dies, the fox grieves (idiom); fig. to have sympathy with a like-minded person in distress
兔死狗烹
tù sǐ gǒu pēng
  1. 1 lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
严以责己宽以待人
yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén
  1. 1 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
  1. 1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
  2. 2 diehard conservative attitudes
坐以待毙
zuò yǐ dài bì
  1. 1 to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
墨守成规
mò shǒu chéng guī
  1. 1 hidebound by convention (idiom)
守口如瓶
shǒu kǒu rú píng
  1. 1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
  2. 2 reticent
  3. 3 not breathing a word
守土有责
shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
  1. 1 duty to defend the country (idiom)
守望相助
shǒu wàng xiāng zhù
  1. 1 to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
  2. 2 mutual help and protection
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
  1. 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative
守株待兔，缘木求鱼
shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú
  1. 1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action
安分守己
ān fèn shǒu jǐ
  1. 1 to be content with one's lot (idiom)
  2. 2 to know one's place
宽以待人
kuān yǐ dài rén
  1. 1 to be lenient with others (idiom)
待价而沽
dài jià ér gū
  1. 1 to sell only for a good price (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait for a good offer
抱残守缺
bào cán shǒu quē
  1. 1 to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
  2. 2 stickler for tradition
拭目以待
shì mù yǐ dài
  1. 1 lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see

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