守株待兔

守株待兔 Waiting by the Stump

从前有个农夫，每天从早到晚在田里种地。 Once, there was a farmer. Every day, from dawn to dusk, he worked in his fields.

有一天，一只兔子跑得太快，撞在田边的树桩上，死了。 One day, a rabbit ran too fast, crashed into a tree stump at the edge of a field, and died.

农夫捡起兔子，高高兴兴地回家了。 The farmer picked up the rabbit and went home happily.

那天晚上，他吃了一顿好饭。 That night, he ate a good meal.

因为捡到过一只兔子，他就不想种地了。 Because he had found a rabbit once, he no longer wanted to farm.

从那天起，他每天坐在树桩旁边等着。 From that day on, he sat beside the stump and waited every day.

可是兔子再也没有来。 But the rabbit never came again.

田里长满了野草，他什么也没有收到。 The field filled with weeds, and he got nothing at all.

只靠运气，不能得到长久的成功。 Relying only on luck cannot bring lasting success.

你不练习，只等着赢，这就是守株待兔。 If you do not practise and only wait to win, that is 守株待兔.