seek short-term interests

seek short-term interests

Burning trees and hunting, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f é NL í n é RLI è, which means burning trees and woods and hunting animals. It means that we only want small immediate interests, and do not plan for the long term, and do not consider the long-term interests. From Han Feizi, difficult one.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] fish in a dry pond, burn the forest to the ground, fish with all efforts, kill the chicken to get the eggs, and leave no room for others

The origin of Idioms

Han Feizi, difficult one: "burn forest and field, steal many animals, there will be no animals after."

Idiom usage

This is a metaphor for only immediate interests, regardless of long-term plans. Example Huainanzi zhushuxun: "so the method of the former King Do not fish when the river is dry, or hunt when the forest is burning. "