漁人得利
yú​rén​dé​lì

to benefit from others' fighting

  • created reference approved 渔人得利/漁人得利 → 鹬蚌相持，渔人得利/鷸蚌相持，漁人得利 (abbreviation) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    渔人得利 / 漁人得利 yú​rén​dé​lì

    鹬蚌相持，渔人得利 / 鷸蚌相持，漁人得利 yù​bàng​xiāng​chí​yú​rén​dé​lì

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  • created sense approved 渔人得利/漁人得利 · yú​rén​dé​lì · to benefit from others' fighting — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    渔人得利 / 漁人得利

    yú​rén​dé​lì

    to benefit from others' fighting

    To take advantage of a situation where two parties are in conflict to gain an advantage as a third party. This is a shortened form of the idiom [[鹬蚌相持，渔人得利|鷸蚌相持，漁人得利|yu4 bang4 xiang1 chi2 yu2 ren2 de2 li4]].

    渔人 (literal) → 渔人/漁人 · yú​rén · fisherman 得利 (literal) → 得利 · dé​lì · to reap benefit

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