shā​jī​qǔ​luǎn

to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

  1. to kill
    to kill, slay, or murder; to slaughter animals
  2. chicken
    chicken; fowl; bird of the Galliformes order typically raised for its meat or eggs
  3. verb
    to take
    to take; to get; to fetch; to collect something from a place
  4. egg; ovum; spawn
    an egg (of a bird, fish, or insect); a female reproductive cell (ovum)