seek short-term interests(fén lín ér shòu)

seek short-term interests

Burning forest and hunting, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f é NL í n é RSH ò u, which means to take it as a metaphor, regardless of immediate interests and long-term interests. It comes from the defense of suoluyi.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Shu of the Southern Song Dynasty wrote in his defense of suoluyi: "it's fishing from the dried up river and hunting by burning the forest."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: burning forests for fields, burning forests for food, burning forests for hunting

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute; metaphor only for immediate interests

Chinese PinYin : fén lín ér shòu