"殺雞取卵" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "form": "杀鸡取卵",
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "殺鷄取卵",
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        "Traditional Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "殺雞取卵",
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to kill the hen to get the eggs",
  "pos": "phrase",
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          "roman": "Nǐ nuóyòng gōngkuǎn lái chīhēwányuè, wúyì shì shājīqǔluǎn, zhōng jiāng zìshí'èguǒ.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "你挪用公款來吃喝玩樂，無異是殺雞取卵，終將自食惡果。",
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        {
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            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "roman": "Nǐ nuóyòng gōngkuǎn lái chīhēwányuè, wúyì shì shājīqǔluǎn, zhōng jiāng zìshí'èguǒ.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "你挪用公款来吃喝玩乐，无异是杀鸡取卵，终将自食恶果。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs"
      ],
      "id": "en-殺雞取卵-zh-phrase-66zEAW42",
      "links": [
        [
          "kill the goose that lays the golden eggs",
          "kill the goose that lays the golden eggs"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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          "roman": "Qínshǐhuáng héngzhēngbàoliǎn, shǐ bǎixìng sāncān bùjì, mínbùliáoshēng, zhè zhǒng fāngshì wúyì yú shājīqǔluǎn.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "秦始皇橫徵暴斂，使百姓三餐不繼，民不聊生，這種方式無異於殺雞取卵。",
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          "roman": "Qínshǐhuáng héngzhēngbàoliǎn, shǐ bǎixìng sāncān bùjì, mínbùliáoshēng, zhè zhǒng fāngshì wúyì yú shājīqǔluǎn.",
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          "text": "秦始皇横征暴敛，使百姓三餐不继，民不聊生，这种方式无异于杀鸡取卵。",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "politicians levy excessive taxes and do not hesitate to cut off the people's vitality"
      ],
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          "politicians",
          "politicians"
        ],
        [
          "levy",
          "levy"
        ],
        [
          "excessive",
          "excessive"
        ],
        [
          "vitality",
          "vitality"
        ]
      ],
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        "(figurative) politicians levy excessive taxes and do not hesitate to cut off the people's vitality"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  ],
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      "zh-pron": "shājīqǔluǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat³ gai¹ ceoi² leon²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shājīqǔluǎn [Phonetic:shājīqúluǎn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shajicyǔluǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sha¹-chi¹-chʻü³-luan³"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shā-jī-chyǔ-lwǎn"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shajicheuloan"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шацзицюйлуань"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šaczicjujluanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat gāi chéui léun"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat⁸ gai¹ tsoey² loen²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sad³ gei¹ cêu² lên²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ lɵn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shājīqúluǎn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ lɵn³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
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      "roman": "jiézé'éryú",
      "word": "竭澤而漁／竭泽而渔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Singapore"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Hong Kong"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "刣雞取卵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "刣雞閹卵"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Tainan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jiézé'éryú",
      "word": "竭澤而漁"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "jiézé'éryú",
      "word": "竭泽而渔"
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  ],
  "word": "殺雞取卵"
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      "form": "杀鸡取卵",
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      "form": "殺鷄取卵",
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  "literal_meaning": "to kill the hen to get the eggs",
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          "roman": "Nǐ nuóyòng gōngkuǎn lái chīhēwányuè, wúyì shì shājīqǔluǎn, zhōng jiāng zìshí'èguǒ.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "你挪用公款來吃喝玩樂，無異是殺雞取卵，終將自食惡果。",
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        {
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          "roman": "Nǐ nuóyòng gōngkuǎn lái chīhēwányuè, wúyì shì shājīqǔluǎn, zhōng jiāng zìshí'èguǒ.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "你挪用公款来吃喝玩乐，无异是杀鸡取卵，终将自食恶果。",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs"
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          "roman": "Qínshǐhuáng héngzhēngbàoliǎn, shǐ bǎixìng sāncān bùjì, mínbùliáoshēng, zhè zhǒng fāngshì wúyì yú shājīqǔluǎn.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "秦始皇橫徵暴斂，使百姓三餐不繼，民不聊生，這種方式無異於殺雞取卵。",
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        {
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          "roman": "Qínshǐhuáng héngzhēngbàoliǎn, shǐ bǎixìng sāncān bùjì, mínbùliáoshēng, zhè zhǒng fāngshì wúyì yú shājīqǔluǎn.",
          "tags": [
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          "text": "秦始皇横征暴敛，使百姓三餐不继，民不聊生，这种方式无异于杀鸡取卵。",
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        "(figurative) politicians levy excessive taxes and do not hesitate to cut off the people's vitality"
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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      "zh-pron": "shājīqǔluǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "saat³ gai¹ ceoi² leon²"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "shājīqǔluǎn [Phonetic:shājīqúluǎn]"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shajicyǔluǎn"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sha¹-chi¹-chʻü³-luan³"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "shā-jī-chyǔ-lwǎn"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "shajicheuloan"
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      "zh-pron": "шацзицюйлуань"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šaczicjujluanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "saat gāi chéui léun"
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        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "saat⁸ gai¹ tsoey² loen²"
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "sad³ gei¹ cêu² lên²"
    },
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      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ lɵn³⁵/",
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      "other": "[Phonetic: shājīqúluǎn]"
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      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ lɵn³⁵/"
    }
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    {
      "roman": "jiézé'éryú",
      "word": "竭澤而漁／竭泽而渔"
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      "word": "Taiwan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Singapore"
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    {
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      "word": "刣雞取卵"
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      "roman": "jiézé'éryú",
      "word": "竭澤而漁"
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      "word": "竭泽而渔"
    }
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  "word": "殺雞取卵"
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