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渔人得利
yú​rén​dé​lì

to benefit from others' fighting

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  • 鹬蚌相持,渔人得利 yù​bàng​xiāng​chí​yú​rén​dé​lì to benefit from others' strife
    literally: when the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman profits; used to describe a situation where a third party benefits from the conflict between two others