lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
trad. 殺雞取卵
Also written 殺雞取卵【shā jī qǔ luǎn】
Characters in this word
4杀
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to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack, to weaken; to reduce, (dialect) to smart, (used after a verb) extremely
- Pinyin
- shā
- Traditional
- 殺
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 218 of 2500
鸡
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fowl, chicken, CL:隻|只[zhi1], (slang) prostitute
- Pinyin
- jī
- Traditional
- 雞
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2753 of 2500
取
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to take, to get, to choose, to fetch
- Pinyin
- qǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3148 of 2500
卵
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egg; ovum; spawn, (coll.) testicles, (old) penis, (expletive) fucking
- Pinyin
- luǎn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 20035 of 2500