殺雞取卵

See also: 杀鸡取卵

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	fowl; chicken	to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	ovum
trad. (殺雞取卵/殺鷄取卵)		殺	雞/鷄	取	卵
simp. (杀鸡取卵)		杀	鸡	取	卵
Literally: “to kill the hen to get the eggs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shājīqǔluǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚㄐㄧㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ gai¹ ceoi² leon²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shājīqǔluǎn [Phonetic: shājīqúluǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚㄐㄧㄑㄩˇ ㄌㄨㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shajicyǔluǎn
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹-chi¹-chʻü³-luan³
  - Yale: shā-jī-chyǔ-lwǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shajicheuloan
  - Palladius: шацзицюйлуань (šaczicjujluanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saat³ gai¹ ceoi² leon²
  - Yale: saat gāi chéui léun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ gai¹ tsoey² loen²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sad³ gei¹ cêu² lên²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰɵy̯³⁵ lɵn³⁵/

Idiom

殺雞取卵

to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 殺雞取卵 (“to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		殺雞取卵
Mandarin	Taiwan	殺雞取卵
Mandarin	Singapore	殺雞取卵
Cantonese	Hong Kong	殺雞取卵
Min Nan	Xiamen	刣雞取卵, 刣雞閹卵
Min Nan	Tainan	刣雞閹卵

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