Jyut Dictionary
Online Dictionary
Resources
Download
About
Auto-detect search language
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Jyutping
Fuzzy Jyutping
Pinyin
Fuzzy Pinyin
English
Search
Auto-detect search language
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Jyutping
Fuzzy Jyutping
Pinyin
Fuzzy Pinyin
English
竭
澤
而
漁
[-
泽
-
渔
]
Jyutping
kit3 zaak6 ji4 jyu4
Pinyin
jié zé ér yú
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)
fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Definitions (Wiktionary)
phrase, idiomatic
to kill the goose that lays the golden egg; to extract everything available at the moment at the sacrifice of long-term benefits
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
(沒有對應漢語詞彙)