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殺
雞
取
卵
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杀
鸡
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Jyutping
saat3 gai1 ceoi2 leon2
Pinyin
shā jī qǔ luǎn
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
(syn.) 刣雞閹卵, 刣雞取卵, 殺雞取卵
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)