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shǒu zhū dài tùshou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4
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释义Meanings
  1. 1.lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2.to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3.to trust to chance rather than show initiative
汉字Characters
shǒu
to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait
radical: 宀
decomp: ⿱宀寸
zhū
root, stump; measure word for trees
radical: 木
decomp: ⿰木朱
dài
to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
radical: 彳
decomp: ⿰彳寺
tù
rabbit, hare
radical: 儿
decomp: ⿸免丶
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