渔翁之利 — Chinese idiom
渔翁之利
yú wēng zhī lì
Traditional: 漁翁之利
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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