守株待兔

lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative

Characters and words in 守株待兔

to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining

= + : Sherlock Holmes just graduated from police school and stands guard in the outhouse. Still wearing his graduation cap and carrying a huge shield, he's protecting the outhouse's art. The visitors are a bit afraid of him, so he thumbs up to show them that there's no danger from him.
tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business)

= + : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) wants to look after his Christmas tree (木) in front of the space station (Ø1), but he finds that it has been infected by a flock of vermilion flycatchers (朱) and only the stump (株) remained.
to stay

= + : In front of the airplane someone devoted huge black sneakers to the local buddhist shrine. Don Quixote fits into them with his whole body and the sneakers are so cozy that he thinks he could stay like this forever.
to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to
variant of 兔[tu4]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) sold the rabbit (兔) a very tasty looking petal leaf (丶) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but before the rabbit eats the leaf Tommy Turtle hands him a disclaimer (免) about possible side effects.
rabbit

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) sold the rabbit (兔) a very tasty looking petal leaf (丶) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4), but before the rabbit eats the leaf Tommy Turtle hands him a disclaimer (免) about possible side effects.

Words with 守株待兔

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

Sentences with 守株待兔

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