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