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

to benefit from others' strife

  • created sense approved 鹬蚌相持，渔人得利/鷸蚌相持，漁人得利 · yù​bàng​xiāng​chí​yú​rén​dé​lì · to benefit from others' strife — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹬蚌相持，渔人得利 / 鷸蚌相持，漁人得利

    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

    鹬 (literal) → 鹬/鷸 · yù · snipe 蚌 (literal) → 蚌 · bàng · mussel 相持 (literal) → 相持 · xiāng​chí · to be locked in a stalemate ， (non_chinese) 渔人 (literal) → 渔人/漁人 · yú​rén · fisherman 得利 (literal) → 得利 · dé​lì · to reap benefit

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

    created sense