Angelia8412
There is a farmer who works at sunrise and rests at sunset. He wanted to improve his life, but he was too lazy, too timid, too lazy and afraid to do anything, and always wanted to encounter unexpected wealth.
有一个农民，日出而作，日落而息。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。
The miracle finally happened. One day in late autumn, he was plowing in the field, and a rabbit, impartial, hit his head on the root of the tree beside his field.
奇迹终于发生了。深秋的一天，他正在田里耕地，有一只兔子，不偏不倚，一头撞死在他田边的树根上。
On that day, he had a good meal. From then on, he stopped planting. From day to night, the magic tree roots, waiting for the miracle.
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。
守株待兔的批判意义：
此故事用于批判那些不知变通，死守教条的思想方法。
守株待兔能用于褒义，只要掌握了规律，在兔子必经之道上栽几棵树等兔子撞，也是可以的。比如某地是日军必经之地，我们只要在此做好准备，守株待兔即可。
薇宝儿521
守株待兔英语四级翻译：
守株待兔：await a windfall
从前，有个农夫正在地里耕作，突然看见只免子飞奔而过，撞在一棵大树上死了。农夫毫不费力就吃到了兔肉，心里非常高兴。他想，“如果总是这样该多好啊!”于是，不再耕作，每天守候在那棵树旁，等待着能再捡到撞死在树，上的免子。他等呀等，等了一天又一天，田地也荒芜了，却再也没有等到第二只免子。人们因而都嘲笑他把偶然当成必然。
Once upon a time, a farmer, who was working in the field,suddenly saw a hare running past, hitting a large tree and killing itself. He was so pleased to eat its meat easily that he thought,‘'What a wonderful thing to have this all the time!”From then on, he stopped working and waited by the tree for more hares that would crash. He waited and waited one day after another, in vain, only to have a deserted field. Therefore, people laughed at him for taking the accidental for the inevitable.
yyh心随我动
Sitting by a Stump, Waiting for a Careless HareIn the Spring and Autumn Period, a former in the state of Song was one day working in the fields when he saw a rabbit bump into a tree stump accidentally and break its neck. The former took the rabbit home and cooked himself a delicious meal. That night he thought:"I needn't work so hard. All I have to do is wait for a rabbit each day by the stump." So from then on he gave up farming, and simply sat by the stump waiting for the rabbits to come and run into it.This idiom satirizes those who just wait for a stroke of luck, rather than making efforts to obtain what they need.
