殺雞取卵

杀鸡取卵
shājīqǔluǎn
  1. lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
  2. fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) politicians levy excessive taxes and do not hesitate to cut off the people's vitality
  2. (figurative) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
  3. politicians levy excessive taxes and do not hesitate to cut off the people's vitality
  4. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

Wiktionary

把雞殺死，取出腹中的蛋來吃。比喻貪圖眼前微小的好處而損害更大的利益。如：「你挪用公款來吃喝玩樂，無異是殺雞取卵，終將自食惡果。」又比喻為政者橫徵暴斂，不惜斷絕人民生機。如：「秦始皇橫徵暴斂，使百姓三餐不繼，民不聊生，這種方式無異於殺雞取卵。」

重編國語辭典

  1. 為政者橫徵暴斂，不惜斷絕人民生機
  2. 貪圖眼前微小的好處而損害更大的利益

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 殺 shā
  1. to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack
  2. to weaken; to reduce
  3. (dialect) to smart
  4. (used after a verb) extremely
2 雞 jī
  1. fowl
  2. chicken
  3. (slang) prostitute

classifier: 隻
3 取 qǔ
  1. to take
  2. to get
  3. to choose
  4. to fetch
4 卵 luǎn
  1. egg; ovum; spawn
  2. (coll.) testicles
  3. (old) penis
  4. (expletive) fucking

Related entries

竭澤而漁 jiézééryú
  1. lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)
  2. fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs