渔翁之利 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• the advantage gained by a third party when two sides are in conflict

Character by character

• 渔yúfisherman; to fish; to pursue; to sieze
• 翁wēngold man; father, father-in-law
• 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
• 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit

Idioms sharing a character

• 坐收渔利 zuò shōu yú lì
• 竭泽而渔 jié zé ér yú
• 塞翁失马 sài wēng shī mǎ
• 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
• 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
• 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
• 一孔之见 yī kǒng zhī jiàn
• 一技之长 yī jì zhī cháng
• 一日之雅 yī rì zhī yǎ
• 一箭之仇 yī jiàn zhī chóu

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