hé​zé'ér​yú

to drain the pond to catch the fish

Senses

涸泽而渔/ 涸澤而漁 hé​zé'ér​yú to drain the pond to catch the fish

Literally means draining a pond to catch all the fish; used to describe exhausting one's resources without any thought for the future. Similar to the English expression "kill the goose that lays the golden eggs".

References

same_as 涸泽而渔/涸澤而漁 竭泽而渔/竭澤而漁
same_as 竭泽而渔/竭澤而漁 涸泽而渔/涸澤而漁