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渔翁之利
yú​wēng​zhī​lì

profit from others' conflict

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 渔翁 漁翁 yú​wēng
    old fisherman
    an elderly man who fishes for a living; old fisherman
  2. 之 zhī particle
    [possessive]
    Connects a describing word or phrase to the noun it describes, similar to 的 de but used in formal or literary writing.
  3. 利 lì nounverb
    profit
    profit; gains from business, trade, or production