竭澤而漁

Chinese

		exhaust	beneficence; marsh	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)	fisherman; to fish
trad. (竭澤而漁)		竭	澤	而	漁
simp. (竭泽而渔)		竭	泽	而	渔
Literally: “to drain the pond to get the fish”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiézé'éryú

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ zaak⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiézé'éryú
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄦˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiézé-éryú
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-tsê²-êrh²-yü²
    • Yale: jyé-dzé-ér-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyetzererlyu
    • Palladius: цзецзээрюй (czeczɛerjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵ ˀɤɻ³⁵ y³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³ zaak⁶ ji⁴ jyu⁴
    • Yale: kit jaahk yìh yùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ dzaak⁹ ji⁴ jy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³ zag⁶ yi⁴ yu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ t͡saːk̚² jiː²¹ jyː²¹/

Idiom

竭澤而漁

1. to kill the goose that lays the golden egg; to extract everything available at the moment at the sacrifice of long-term benefits