yù​bàng​xiāng​zhēng, yú​wēng​dé​lì

third-party benefit

鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利 (鷸蚌相爭,漁翁得利) 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.

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CC-CEDICT