Daily Chinese Idiom Guessing Game
Eager for quick success and instant benefit; overly impatient to achieve something without considering long-term consequences.
功成功;近眼前的。急于求成,贪图眼前的成效和利益。
汉·董仲舒《春秋繁露·对胶西王》仁人者正其道不谋其利,修其理不急其功。”
His 急功近利 approach to investing led to huge losses in the end.