Daimashin Posted December 14, 2013 Report Posted December 14, 2013 守株待兔 (Shǒuzhūdàitù) - Wait and do nothingLiteral meaning - Wait for rabbit to come.Once upon a time during the Warring States, there lived a farmer. He was very lazy and always lamented, "Isn't nice if I can eat without having to work so hard." As he was working on his field a rabbit appeared. The rabbit, for reasons unknown headed straight for a giant tree and died hitting it. The farmer saw this and went over to find that dinner is served so he thought to himself, "Why do I need to work so hard when all I have to do is wait here everyday for a rabbit to kill itself."So he waited, and waited ... and waited but no rabbits ever came. In the end, the farmer died of starvation.守株待兔 (Shǒuzhūdàitù) is used to describe a person that refuses to do anything to get something.Example:"你在這裡『守株待兔』是沒用的, 喜歡人家就去追啊" Quote
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