Meaning of the Idiom
shou zhu dai tu
Sitting by a Stump, Waiting for a Careless Hare
Meaning of people of high aspirations who lose no time to prepare themselves for a great future.
In the past, there was a farmer in the State of Song. There stood a big tree in the field he cultivated. One day, while working in the field, he suddenly saw a hare running by in front of him. The bare bumped against the big tree, broke its neck and died under the tree.
Without any effort, the farmer happily enjoyed a meal of bare meat. He was very pleased and thought how nice it would be if every day were like this.
Thereupon, he no longer cultivated his land, but watched by that tree and waited for the chance to pick up another hare which knocked itself dead against the tree.
He waited and waited and watched. His field lay waste, but he never got a second hare. The people in the village laughed at him for taking the accidental for the inevitable.
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù ,守株待兔,守在树旁等待兔子來。 株:树桩子。待:等。原意是对墨守成規者的讽刺。 比喻死守狭隘经验,不知变通,或抱著饶幸心理妄想不劳而获。
出自先秦‧韩非《韩非子‧五蠹》。
例句
思想不能太保守,要勇于探索,守株待兔是不会有收获的。
一分耕耘,一分收获,年轻人千万不要抱著守株待兔的心态。
你成天只想著要考高分,却不肯脚踏实地的默默努力,这种守株待兔的心态真的很不可取。
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Meaning of Words
词语 | 华文解释 | 英文解释 |
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懒懒散散 | 意思是指人做事或者行为散漫随便。 例句:他星期天一早上开始就坐在那里不动,整天都懒懒散散的。 | lazy and loosened |
年景 | 意思指年成,即一年的收成,可指过年的景象。 例句:俗话说“瑞雪兆丰年”,这么大的雪,一定有好年景。 | the year’s harvest |
灾荒 | 指自然给人造成的损害,如粮食歉收或绝收。 例句:灾荒和战争使人口减少了。 | famine due to crop failure. |
忍饥挨饿 | 意思是忍受饥饿吃不饱饭或吃不上饭,形容极度贫困的生活状态。 例句:旱季提前到来,草木枯萎,野生动物们不得不忍饥挨饿,很多病弱的角马和羚羊没能活到第二年春天。 | starving |
半途而废 | 意思是半路上就停下来了,比喻做事不能坚持到底,有始无终。 例句:立下了目标,就要努力完成,半途而废是不会有任何成就的。 | to give up halfway; do something by halves |
意外之财 | 意思是意料之外的钱财。 例句:这次的彩票中奖让他得到了一笔意外之财。 | windfall |
吆喝(yāo he) | 指大声喊叫或叫卖等。 例句:早市上熙熙攘攘,很多小贩大声吆喝,叫卖自己的货品。 | yell |
不偏不倚(yǐ) | 原指儒家的中庸之道,现指不偏袒任何一方,或正中目标,没有一点偏差。 例句:一只箭嗖的一声飞出去,不偏不倚正中靶心。 | impartial; not leaning to the left or to the right; |
便宜 | 常用于指东西价钱低廉或不应得的利益。 例句:他这个人没什么大毛病,就是有时候爱沾点儿小便宜。 | inexpensive; cheap |
饱餐 | 意思是尽量吃;饱饱儿地吃。 例句:等我们都从外国回来时,我一定约你们到我家去饱餐一顿。 | eat one’s fill; glut |
荒芜(wú) | 指荒凉,无人管理杂草丛生的土地。 例句:他们这次探险的最大挑战是要穿过一片荒芜的沙漠。 | barren; desolation |
不劳而获 | 意思是自己不劳动而占有别人的劳动成果。 例句:在现实生活中,总有不少想不劳而获的人,他们总是想着能有好运会降临到自己身上。 | reap where one has not sown |
狭隘(xiá ài) | 指不宽阔,更多的引申为心胸、气量、见识等不宏大宽阔或非常局限。 例句:不要跟他这种狭隘的人打交道。 | narrow |
变通 | 意思是依据不同情况,作非原则性的变动。遇特殊情况,可以酌情改变方式方法处理。 例句:疫情的处理方式,根据各地的具体情况,还可以有灵活变通的余地。 | be flexible; accommodate something |