- lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
- fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Characters
- 杀 (殺): to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- 鸡 (雞): fowl; chicken; CL:隻|只[zhi1]; (slang) prostitute
- 取 (取): to take; to get; to choose; to fetch
- 卵 (卵): egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking
Resources
- Wiktionary: 杀鸡取卵
- MDBG: 杀鸡取卵
- Examples with 杀鸡取卵 on Tatoeba
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