Waiting for the rabbit

Pinyin shǒuzhū-dàitù

Part of speech i

Interpretation It is a metaphor for sticking to experience and not knowing how to adapt. It is also used to satirize the wishful thinking of getting something for nothing.

"Han Feizi·Five Beetles" records: During the Warring States Period, a farmer in the Song Dynasty saw a rabbit hit the root of a tree and died, so he put down his hoe and waited by the root of the tree, hoping to get another rabbit.

Linked tense; used as object and attributive; contains derogatory connotations