Killing the goose to obtain the eggs - a metaphor for coveting immediate interests at the expense of long-term interests. It also refers to a greedy person who pursues huge profits by any means necessary.

Once upon a time, there was a person who raised a hen that could lay eggs, so she could pick an egg every day, and her life was pretty good. But one day, she thought: "This chicken only lays one egg a day, how long do I have to wait? How about killing it, so that all the eggs in its belly can be taken out at once? So, she really He killed the chicken. But there was no egg in the chicken's belly.