急功近利 (jí gōng jìn lì) | Meaning: seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

anxious for quick results (idiom); to demand instant success · impatient for result · impetuous急于求成jí yú qiú chéng

short-sighted鼠目寸光shǔ mù cùn guāng

eager · impatient急切jí qiè

lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) · fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse饮鸩止渴yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě

short-sighted · limited vision目光如豆mù guāng rú dòu

to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient · overhasty操之过急cāo zhī guò jí

seeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return