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"literal_meaning": "to drain the pond to get the fish",
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"to kill the goose that lays the golden egg; to extract everything available at the moment at the sacrifice of long-term benefits"
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"kill the goose that lays the golden egg",
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"extract",
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[
"available",
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"at the moment",
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"zh_pron": "jiézé'éryú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "kit³ zaak⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁴"
},
{
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiézé'éryú"
},
{
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiézé-éryú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chieh²-tsê²-êrh²-yü²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyé-dzé-ér-yú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "jyetzererlyu"
},
{
"roman": "czeczɛerjuj",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзецзээрюй"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y³⁵/",
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"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "kit³ zaak⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "kit jaahk yìh yùh"
},
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"Cantonese",
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],
"zh_pron": "kit⁸ dzaak⁹ ji⁴ jy⁴"
},
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"Guangzhou",
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],
"zh_pron": "kid³ zag⁶ yi⁴ yu⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiːt̚³ t͡saːk̚² jiː²¹ jyː²¹/",
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"word": "竭澤而漁"
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},
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"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "kit³ zaak⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiézé'éryú"
},
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˊ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "jiézé-éryú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "chieh²-tsê²-êrh²-yü²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "jyé-dzé-ér-yú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
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},
{
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"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "цзецзээрюй"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
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"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "kit³ zaak⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁴"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "kit jaahk yìh yùh"
},
{
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"Hong Kong"
],
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"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "kit⁸ dzaak⁹ ji⁴ jy⁴"
},
{
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"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "kid³ zag⁶ yi⁴ yu⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiːt̚³ t͡saːk̚² jiː²¹ jyː²¹/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
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"Sinological-IPA"
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],
"word": "竭澤而漁"
}
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