- lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom)
- fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Characters
- 竭 (竭): to exhaust
- 泽 (澤): pool; pond; (of metals etc) luster; favor or beneficence; damp; moist
- 而 (而): and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 渔 (漁): fisherman; to fish
Resources
- Wiktionary: 竭泽而渔
- MDBG: 竭泽而渔
- Examples with 竭泽而渔 on Tatoeba
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