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杀鸡取卵

shā jī qǔ luǎn

4-character word Traditional 殺雞取卵

What 杀鸡取卵 means

1. lit. to kill the chicken to get the eggs (idiom)
2. fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

The characters in 杀鸡取卵

• 杀shāto kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 鸡jīfowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
• 取qǔto take; to get; to choose
• 卵luǎnegg; ovum; spawn; (colloquial) testicles; (old) penis

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