seek short-term interests(fén lín ér tián)

seek short-term interests

Burning the forest, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f é NL í n é RTI á n, which means to take it as a metaphor, regardless of immediate interests and long-term interests. From Li Xun Lun.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: burning forest and hunting

Idiom usage

As predicate, attribute; metaphor only for immediate interests

The origin of Idioms

On Li Xun, written by Qin Guan of the Song Dynasty, said, "if you burn the forest, there will be no animals next year; if you exhaust the forest, there will be no fish next year."

Chinese PinYin : fén lín ér tián