竭泽而渔

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 竭泽而渔 – see 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”). (This term, 竭泽而渔, is the simplified form of 竭澤而漁.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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