shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú

Traditional: 守株待兔，緣木求魚

守株待兔，缘木求鱼 (shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú) is a Chinese word meaning “to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action”.

Meanings

  1. 1to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action

Characters in 守株待兔，缘木求鱼

守shǒu · to guard株zhū · tree trunk待dāi · to stay; to remain兔tù · rabbit缘yuán · cause木mù · (bound form) tree求qiú · to seek鱼yú · fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])

Related words

求to seek待to stay; to remain待to wait要求to request鱼fish (CL:條|条[tiao2],尾[wei3])鱼surname Yu等待to wait; to wait for期待to look forward to请求to request; to ask对待to treat守to guard木(bound form) tree

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