杀鸡取卵 — Chinese idiom
杀鸡取卵
shā jī qǔ luǎn
Traditional: 殺雞取卵
Meaning
- lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs
- fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
Character by character
- 杀shāto kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt
- 鸡jīchicken
- 取qǔto take, to receive, to obtain; to select
- 卵luǎnegg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn
Idioms sharing a character
- 借刀杀人 jiè dāo shā rén
- 卸磨杀驴 xiè mò shā lǘ
- 问客杀鸡 wèn kè shā jī
- 格杀勿论 gé shā wù lùn
- 杀一儆百 shā yī jǐng bǎi
- 杀人如麻 shā rén rú má
- 杀人放火 shā rén fàng huǒ
- 杀人灭口 shā rén miè kǒu
- 杀人越货 shā rén yuè huò
- 杀彘教子 shā zhì jiào zǐ
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