kill the goose that lays the golden eggs; kill the hen to get the eggs; be after only immediate interests
? 請皇上勿再竭澤而漁，～，……(姚雪垠《李自成》Ⅰ—793) I hope Your Majesty will not kill the patient to cure the disease.
殺雞取卵
kill the hen to get the eggs;kill the goose that lays golden eggs
殺雞取卵shā jī qǔ luǎn
卵：蛋。比喻貪圖眼前微小的利益而損害長久的利益。kill the hen to set the eggs, eat the colf in the cows belly, kill the goose that lay the golden egg