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守株待兔
守株待兔
Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|- ! !to guard !(a measure word, use with plants); trunk of tree
!
wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
!rabbit
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!simp. and trad.
(守株待兔)
| 守
| 株
| 待
| 兔
|}
Idiom
守株待兔
- to stand by a tree stump waiting for a hare; one who sticks to his folly and does nothing; waiting for something that will only happen once
Descendants
Sino-Xenic (守株待兔):
- Japanese: 守株待兎 (shushutaito)
- Korean: 수주대토 (守株待兎, sujudaeto)
- Vietnamese: thủ chu đãi thố (守株待兔)