守株待兔
sau2 zyu1 doi6 tou3shǒu zhū dài tù
English
- lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
- to wait idly for opportunities
- to trust to chance rather than show initiative
- to believe in unlikely chance that has occurred in the past; literally: to wait near a tree for a hare to hit itself accidentally and die
粵語 — Cantonese
- 妄想不勞而獲，尤其係之前用過嘅方法，以為一次可行就次次都會成功
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk