古时候，有个农民正在田里劳动。
突然，他看见一只兔子从旁边的草丛里慌慌张张地跑出来，一头撞在田边的大树上，便倒在那儿一动也不动了。
农民走过去一看：兔子死了。
因为它奔跑的速度太快，把脖子都撞断了。
农民高兴极了，他一点力气没花，就白捡了一只又肥又大的兔子。
他心想：要是天天都能捡到兔子，那日子就好过了。
从此，他再也不肯出力气劳动了。
每天他吃完饭就躺在大树底下，等待着第二只、第三只兔子自己撞到树上来。
世上哪有那么多便宜的事啊。
这个农民当然再也没有捡到撞死的兔子，而他的田里也没有收获任何粮食，农民只好饿着肚子过年了。
这个故事就是我们熟悉的成语“守株待兔”。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 古 | gǔ | ancient / old |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 农民 | nóng mín | peasant; farmer |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 田 | tián | field / farm |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 劳动 | láo dòng | work / toil / physical labor |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 看见 | kàn jiàn | to see; to catch sight of |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 只 | zhī | classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 兔子 | tù zi | hare / rabbit |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 旁边 | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 草丛 | cǎo cóng | underbrush |
| 慌慌张张 | huāng huāng zhāng zhāng | in a flustered, panicked, and hurried manner |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 跑 | pǎo | to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate |
| 出来 | chu lai | (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) |
| 头 | tóu | head / the top / end / beginning or end / chief / boss / side / aspect |
| 撞 | zhuàng | to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 边 | biān | side / edge / margin / border / boundary |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 树 | shù | tree |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 便 | biàn | equivalent to 就[jiu4]: then / in that case |
| 倒 | dǎo | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit |
| 那儿 | nà r | there |
| 动 | dòng | (of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter |
| 也 | yě | even (extreme or unexpected case) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 过去 | guò qù | to go over; to pass by |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 死 | sǐ | to die |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 奔跑 | bēn pǎo | to run |
| 速度 | sù dù | speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 脖子 | bó zi | neck |
| 都 | dōu | (used for emphasis) even |
| 断 | duàn | to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge |
| 高兴 | gāo xìng | happy / glad / in a cheerful mood |
| 极 | jí | extremely |
| 一点 | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er |
| 力气 | lì qi | physical strength |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 白 | bái | in vain / gratuitous / free of charge |
| 捡 | jiǎn | to pick up; to collect; to gather |
| 又 | yòu | both... and... |
| 肥 | féi | fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large |
| 心 | xīn | heart / mind / intention |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 要是 | yào shi | (coll.) if |
| 天天 | tiān tiān | every day |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 日子 | rì zi | days of one's life |
| 好 | hǎo | (before a verb) easy to / (before a verb) good to |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |
| 从此 | cóng cǐ | from now on / since then / henceforth |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 肯 | kěn | to agree; to consent / to be willing to |
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 饭 | fàn | meal |
| 躺 | tǎng | to recline / to lie down |
| 底下 | dǐ xia | the location below sth |
| 等待 | děng dài | to wait; to wait for |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 世 | shì | life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant |
| 哪 | nǎ | how |
| 那么 | nà me | like that; in that way; to that extent |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 便宜 | pián yi | cheap; inexpensive |
| 事 | shì | matter / thing / item / affair |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 当然 | dāng rán | certainly / of course / without doubt |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 他的 | tā de | his; belonging to him |
| 收获 | shōu huò | to harvest / to reap / to gain |
| 任何 | rèn hé | any; whatever; whichever |
| 粮食 | liáng shi | foodstuff / cereals |
| 只好 | zhǐ hǎo | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to |
| 饿 | è | hungry |
| 肚子 | dù zi | belly / abdomen / stomach |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 故事 | gù shi | narrative; story; tale |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 熟悉 | shú xi | to be familiar with; to know well |
| 成语 | chéng yǔ | Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage |
| 守株待兔 | shǒu zhū dài tù | lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) |