ôm cây đợi thỏ

Vietnamese

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 守株待兔 (shǒuzhūdàitù, “to sit and watch a stump waiting for rabbits”).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔom˧˧ kəj˧˧ ʔɗəːj˧˨ʔ tʰɔ˧˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔom˧˧ kəj˧˧ ʔɗəːj˨˩ʔ tʰɔ˧˨]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔom˧˧ kəj˧˧ ʔɗəːj˨˩˨ tʰɔ˨˩˦]

Idiom

ôm cây đợi thỏ

  1. (derogatory, figurative) to be conservative; to resist change and innovation; to stick to old principles
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