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守株待兔

shǒu zhū dài tù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

守株待兔 (shǒu zhū dài tù) means "lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities; to trust to chance rather than ". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 守株待兔 means

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

The characters in 守株待兔

• 守shǒuto guard; to defend; to keep watch
• 株zhūtree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 兔tùrabbit

Words starting with 守株待兔

• 守株待兔，缘木求鱼shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yúto guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom)…

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