漁翁之利
yú​wēng​zhī​lì

profit from others' conflict

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

    渔翁之利 / 漁翁之利 yú​wēng​zhī​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

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 渔翁之利/漁翁之利 · yú​wēng​zhī​lì · profit from others' conflict — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    渔翁之利 / 漁翁之利

    yú​wēng​zhī​lì

    profit from others' conflict

    Profit gained by a third party when two others are locked in a struggle; used to describe taking advantage of a conflict between others.

    渔翁 (literal) → 渔翁/漁翁 · yú​wēng · old fisherman 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 利 (literal) → 利 · lì · profit

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense