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鹬蚌相争
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  • 鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利 yù​bàng​xiāng​zhēng, yú​wēng​dé​lì third-party benefit
    A situation where two parties are locked in a dispute, allowing a third party to benefit from their conflict; literally, when the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman catches them both.