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竭澤而漁. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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exhaust
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beneficence; marsh
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and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
fisherman; to fish
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| trad. (竭澤而漁)
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竭
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澤
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而
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漁
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| simp. (竭泽而渔)
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竭
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泽
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而
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渔
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| Literally: “to drain the pond to get the fish”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
竭澤而漁
- to kill the goose that lays the golden egg; to extract everything available at the moment at the sacrifice of long-term benefits