Lingaku- lit. when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom)
- fig. when two sides are locked in dispute, it's often a third party that benefits
Generated: This idiom is used to describe a situation where two parties are fighting or competing over something, and as a result, a third party takes advantage of their conflict and gains benefit from it.
dāng当liǎng guó两国yīn wèi因为lǐng tǔ领土zhēng duān争端ér而zhēng chǎo争吵shí时，wǎng wǎng往往huì会dǎo zhì导致qí tā其他guó jiā国家cóng zhōng从中shòu yì受益。
When two countries quarrel over territorial disputes, other countries often benefit from it.
汉语词典Chinese definitions
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利【yù bàng xiàng zhēng, yú wēng dé lì】
- yù bàng xiāng zhēng鹬蚌相争，yú rén渔人dé lì得利／yù bàng xiāng zhēng鹬蚌相争，yú rén渔人dé lì得利 (yùbàng xiāngzhēng, yúrén délì)de的lìng yī另一zhǒng种xiě fǎ写法