守株待兔 [pinyin]shou3 zhu1 dai4 tu4[/pinyin], or cryptically, to "guard a tree stump waiting for rabbits". 

<h3>Usage Examples</h3>

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<li>我们要积极创造机会，而不是只会守株待兔而已。 - We have to actively create opportunities, otherwise we're just sitting around waiting for a stroke of luck.</li>
<li>一分耕耘一分收穫，守株待兔终究不可靠。 - You reap what you sow, passively waiting for a lucky break is an unreliable strategy in the end.</li>
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<h3>Some good martial vocab</h3>
<strong>不偏不倚 [pinyin]xx[/pinyin] - Smack-dab</strong>


See the <a href="http://cy.5156edu.com/showzip.php?id=18359" target="_blank">source</a>.


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1) 相传在战国时代宋国，有一个农民，日出而作，日入而息．遇到好年景，也不过刚刚吃饱穿暖；一遇灾荒，可就要忍饥挨饿了．他想改善生活，但他太懒，胆子又特小，干什么都是又懒又怕，总想碰到送上门来的意外之财。

2) 奇迹终于发生了。深秋的一天，他正在田里耕地，周围有人在打猎。吆喝之声四处起伏，受惊的小野兽没命的奔跑。突然，有一只兔子，<strong>不偏不倚</strong>，一头撞死在他田边的树根上。

3) 当天，他美美地饱餐了一顿。从此，他便不再种地。一天到晚，守着那神奇的树根，等着奇迹的出现。

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1) Legend has it that during the Warring States period in the State of Song, there was a farmer who toiled every day from sunrise to sunset. Even in times of plenty, he was still only barely able to eat well and dress warmly; when times of famine came, he invariably went hungry. He wanted to change his life, but he was too lazy, and not particularly brave, and being always slack and afraid, was always hoping wealth would arrive at his door by chance. 

2) A miracle finally happened. One day in the depths of autumn, as he was plowing in the fields, there was someone hunting near by. The cries of the hunters sounded from all sides, and startled little beasts went running in desperation. Suddenly, one little hare ran smack-dab into a tree stump in the middle of the field and died. 

3) That day, the farmer joyously ate his fill. From then on, he never tended another field. From morning until night, he sat guarding that magical tree stump, waiting for miracles. 

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