To sacrifice long-term benefits for immediate gains; to destroy the source of future profit for present advantage, much like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
为了眼前的蝇头小利，过度消耗自然资源，无异于杀鸡取卵
Over-exploiting natural resources for paltry immediate gains is akin to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.
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Once upon a time, there was a greedy man who kept a hen. He made a living by selling its eggs.
One day, the hen laid a golden egg. He examined it carefully, thinking there must be many more inside the hen.
So, he killed the hen, searched meticulously, but found nothing. His act of killing the hen for its eggs was utterly foolish.
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