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Drain the pond to get all the fish

Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

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 jié zé ér yú
Drain the pond to get all the fish Scroll

In 632 BC, Duke Wen of the Kingdom of Jin was about to lead an army against the forces of the Kingdom of Chu.
The Duke asked one of his advisers, Jiu Fan, how they could win the impending battle, as they were drastically outnumbered.
Jiu Fan said, “All is fair in war,” and suggested a plan of dishonorable tactics (cheating).
The Duke was unsure of this advice, so he asked another adviser, Yong Ji, who replied, “If you catch fish by draining the pond, you can certainly get all the fish. But there will be no fish the following year. You can cheat this one time in battle, but such tactics can only be used once, as the enemy will be wise in future encounters.”

The Duke heard the words of his wiser adviser but cheated to gain victory in the battle. However, he rewarded Yong Ji more than Jiu Fan at the victory celebration, stating that while Jiu Fan's advice gained one victory, the wise words of Yong Ji would last forever.

This Chinese idiom/proverb is still used, over 2600 years later to remind people not to burn bridges, cheat, or dishonor themselves in exchange for a short-term gain while sacrificing the future.

竭澤而漁 is very similar to the meaning of the English phrase, “Kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.”

Swan

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 tiān é
Swan Scroll

天鵝 is one of a few titles that can mean “swan” in Chinese.

This one can be literally translated as “heavenly goose.”

Wild Goose

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 yàn
 karigane / kari
 안
Wild Goose Scroll

雁 is the single character for wild goose in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Beautiful Woman Proverb

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 chén yú luò yàn
 chin gyo raku gan
Beautiful Woman Proverb Scroll

沈魚落雁 is an old proverb that literally means “fish sink, goose alights.”

...But this takes some explaining. This is a proverb from Zhuangzi (莊子), who lived in the late 4th century BC.

This figuratively refers to female beauty that is so captivating that even the birds and beasts take notice.

Perhaps a better and more accurate way to describe this is to say that it speaks of the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman who is so beautiful that fish stay on the bottom of the water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame.

This proverb is so famous that it is also known and used in Japan (same characters, different pronunciation).

Note: This can also be written 沉魚落雁 instead of 沈魚落雁 (just the first character varies slightly).


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

雁

see styles		 yàn
    yan4
yen
 gan
    がん

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Wild Goose
wild goose
(1) (surname) (given) Gan; (2) (work) The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai); (surname, given name) Gan; (wk) The Wild Geese (1913 novel by Mori Ōgai)
A hawk, also used for hamsa, a wild goose.

竭澤而漁

竭泽而渔

see styles		 jié zé ér yú
    jie2 ze2 er2 yu2
chieh tse erh yü

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Drain the pond to get all the fish
lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom); fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs

唳

see styles		 lì
    li4
li

唳
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cry of a crane or wild goose

鴈

雁

see styles		 yàn
    yan4
yen
 gan
    がん		 variant of 雁[yan4]
(kana only) wild goose; (1) (kana only) wild goose; (2) (kana only) (abbreviation) (colloquialism) glans; head of a penis; (surname) Gan
A wild goose.

鴻

鸿

see styles		 hóng
    hong2
hung
 bishiyago
    びしやご

鴻
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eastern bean goose; great; large
(kana only) bean goose (Anser fabalis); (1) large bird; (2) peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); (3) fenghuang (Chinese phoenix); (surname) Bishiyago

鵝

鹅

see styles		 é
    e2
o
 ga

鵝
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goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1]
goose

鵠

鹄

see styles		 hú
    hu2
hu
 koku; kou / koku; ko
    こく; こう

鵠
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swan
(1) (See 白鳥・はくちょう・1) swan; (2) bullseye; (place-name) Kugui
goose

三鳥

see styles		  sanchou / sancho
    さんちょう

三鳥
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(1) {food} chicken, goose and pheasant; (2) (archaism) (orig. meaning) cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail

大雁

see styles		 dà yàn
    da4 yan4
ta yen

大雁
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wild goose; CL:隻|只[zhi1]

孤雁

see styles		  kogan
    こがん

孤雁
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solitary wild goose (i.e. separated from its flock, esp. flying); (given name) Kogan

寒疣

see styles		  sabuibo
    さぶいぼ

寒疣
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(kana only) (ksb:) goosebumps; goose pimples

恒婆

see styles		 héng pó
    heng2 po2
heng p`o
    heng po

恒婆
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(or恒亙婆), haṃsa, a goose.

棉鳧

棉凫

see styles		 mián fú
    mian2 fu2
mien fu

棉鳧
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(bird species of China) cotton pygmy goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)

正步

see styles		 zhèng bù
    zheng4 bu4
cheng pu

正步
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goose-step (for military parades)

水乳

see styles		 shuǐ rǔ
    shui3 ru3
shui ju
 suinyū

水乳
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Water and milk— an illustration of the intermingling of things; but their essential separateness is recognized in that the rāja-haṃsa (a kind of goose) is said to be able to drink up the milk leaving behind the water.

灰雁

see styles		 huī yàn
    hui1 yan4
hui yen

灰雁
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(bird species of China) greylag goose (Anser anser)

白雁

see styles		  hakugan; hakugan
    はくがん; ハクガン

白雁
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(kana only) snow goose (Chen caerulescens); blue goose

真雁

see styles		  magan; magan
    まがん; マガン

真雁
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(kana only) greater white-fronted goose (Anser albifrons); (surname) Makari

石蜐

see styles		 shí jié
    shi2 jie2
shih chieh

石蜐
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goose barnacle (Pollicipes pollicipes)

胡雁

see styles		 hú yàn
    hu2 yan4
hu yen

胡雁
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Tatar goose, wild goose found in territories northwest of China in ancient times

菱食

see styles		  hishikui
    ひしくい

菱食
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(kana only) bean goose (Anser fabalis)

豆雁

see styles		 dòu yàn
    dou4 yan4
tou yen

豆雁
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(bird species of China) taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis)

起粟

see styles		 qǐ sù
    qi3 su4
ch`i su
    chi su

起粟
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to get goose bumps

過雁

see styles		  kagan
    かがん

過雁
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flying goose

雁塔

see styles		 yàn tǎ
    yan4 ta3
yen t`a
    yen ta
 Gantō

雁塔
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Yanta District of Xi’an 西安市[Xi1 an1 Shi4], Shaanxi
The Wild Goose pagoda, name of a famous monastery.

雁王

see styles		 yàn wáng
    yan4 wang2
yen wang
 gannō

雁王
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goose king

雁金

see styles		  karigane
    かりがね

雁金
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(1) call of a wild goose; (2) (kana only) wild goose (esp. a lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus); (3) tea made from twigs of high-quality tea plants (esp. gyokuro); high-grade kukicha (esp. from gyokuro); (surname) Karigane

雁首

see styles		  gankubi
    がんくび    karikubi
    かりくび		 (1) head of a pipe, incl. the bowl and stem attachment; (2) (colloquialism) neck; head; (1) (something resembling a) goose's neck; (2) glans; head of a penis

雪雁

see styles		 xuě yàn
    xue3 yan4
hsüeh yen

雪雁
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(bird species of China) snow goose (Anser caerulescens)

餅餤

see styles		  beidan / bedan
    べいだん    heidan / hedan
    へいだん    heitan / hetan
    へいたん

餅餤
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Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Drain the pond to get all the fish竭澤而漁
竭泽而渔		jié zé ér yú
jie2 ze2 er2 yu2
jie ze er yu
jiezeeryu		chieh tse erh yü
chiehtseerhyü
Swan天鵝
天鹅		tiān é / tian1 e2 / tian e / tianet`ien o / tieno / tien o
Wild Goose雁karigane / kariyàn / yan4 / yanyen
Beautiful Woman Proverb沈魚落雁
沈鱼落雁		chin gyo raku gan
chingyorakugan		chén yú luò yàn
chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4
chen yu luo yan
chenyuluoyan		ch`en yü lo yen
chenyüloyen
chen yü lo yen
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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