竭澤而漁

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

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to exhaust

= + : Joan of Arc (ji) is taking part in a game show in the elevator's kitchen (e2). The top prize, a very beautiful vase (立), is standing right next to her. She is just about to spin the quiz wheel (曷) for the last time, but unfortunately she already exhausted (竭) all of her jokers.
pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist

= + + + : Zorro (z) dropped a whole case of water bottles (氵) in the elevator's kitchen (e2) and they all break. He notices how the water forms a small pond (泽) which heats up in the summer's heat, making the air humid (泽). He first marks the danger zone by ramming dinosaur bones (丨) in the ground and sticking red boxing gloves (又) on top of them. Additionally he connects all these poles with wire and capacitors (二) to make an electric fence. He then starts to enjoy his very private hot spring by floating in the pond.
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)

= 𦉫 + : A comb. Albert Einstein is getting ready to go out just inside the entrance of the space station. He put up some loud music on the stereo and tries to comb his hair with his comb and the help of a wind wheel.
fisherman / to fish

= + : One day, the fisherman (渔) caught a very beautiful fish (鱼), and because it could talk, he let it free again. When he got back to his wife Yu the Great (yu) and the water bottle (氵) they were living together in in the space station's kitchen (Ø2) he told her about the fish, and Yu the Great told him to go back to have him fulfill his wish. Long story short, they were living better and better lives, but at the end, they returned to their old water bottle (氵) again.

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