涸澤而漁

涸泽而渔
hézééryú
see 竭澤而漁 jiézééryú

CEDICT

排盡池湖的水而捕魚。比喻一味的耗盡、榨取而不留餘地。《宋書．卷七○．袁淑傳》：「是由涸澤而漁，焚林而狩，若浚風之舞輕籜，杲日之拂浮霜。」也作「竭澤而漁」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 涸 hé
  1. to dry
  2. to dry up
2 澤 zé
  1. pool
  2. pond
  3. (of metals etc) luster
  4. favor or beneficence
  5. damp
  6. moist
3 而 ér
  1. and
  2. as well as
  3. and so
  4. but (not)
  5. yet (not)
  6. (indicates causal relation)
  7. (indicates change of state)
  8. (indicates contrast)
4 漁 yú
  1. fisherman
  2. to fish