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殺雞取卵
殺雞取卵
See also: 杀鸡取卵
Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|- ! !to kill; to murder; to slaughter !fowl; chicken
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to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
!ovum |- !trad. (殺雞取卵) | 殺 | 雞 | 取 | 卵 |- !simp. (杀鸡取卵) | 杀 | 鸡 | 取 | 卵 |}
Idiom
殺雞取卵
- to seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggs