涸泽而渔 Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 竭泽而渔 (竭澤而漁) jiézé'éryú overexploit idiom To drain the pond to get at the fish; to sacrifice long-term interests for short-term gain (to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs). Frequency Written text 0.041 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
竭泽而渔 (竭澤而漁) jiézé'éryú overexploit idiom To drain the pond to get at the fish; to sacrifice long-term interests for short-term gain (to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs). Frequency Written text 0.041 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
