kill the hen to get the eggs
kill the hen to get the eggs
Kill the chicken to get the egg, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ā J ī Q ǔ D à n, which means that the greedy for immediate small benefits and damage long-term interests. From Aesop's fables, the chicken with golden eggs.
The origin of Idioms
Greek "Aesop's fable the chicken with golden eggs": a fool wants to kill the chicken and take out the gold from the chicken's belly, so as to make a fortune, but he gets nothing
Idiom usage
It's just in front of you.
kill the hen to get the eggs
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