竭澤而漁
jié​zé'ér​yú

to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

  • created reference approved 竭泽而渔/竭澤而漁 → 涸泽而渔/涸澤而漁 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    竭泽而渔 / 竭澤而漁 jié​zé'ér​yú

    涸泽而渔 / 涸澤而漁 hé​zé'ér​yú

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 竭泽而渔/竭澤而漁 · jié​zé'ér​yú · to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    竭泽而渔 / 竭澤而漁

    jié​zé'ér​yú

    to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

    To drain a pond to catch all the fish; describes taking everything for immediate gain without thinking of the future.

    竭 (literal) → 竭 · jié · to dry up 泽 (literal) → 泽/澤 · zé · marsh 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 渔 (literal) → 渔/漁 · yú · to fish

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense