shǒu​zhū​dài​tù HSK7

to wait for a windfall

守株待兔 shǒu​zhū​dài​tù
to wait for a windfall
to wait idly for luck or unexpected gains instead of taking initiative; to trust to chance
to be rigid
to stick foolishly to narrow past experience without being flexible; to be stubbornly conservative

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Movie subtitles
0.830 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.745 per million

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HSK 3.0
Level 7

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