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
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- when the snipe and the clam grapple with each other, the fisherman catches them both (idiom)
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.
zài在gōng sī公司nèi bù内部de的jìng zhēng竞争Zhōng中，liǎng两gě个tuán duì团队xiāng hù相互zhǐ zé指责，shǐ de使得guǎn lǐ管理céng层wú fǎ无法zuò chū做出jué dìng决定，zuì zhōng最终wài bù外部gōng yìng shāng供应商dé dào得到le了hé tong合同。
In the internal competition of the company, the two teams blame each other, causing management to be unable to make a decision, and ultimately an external supplier gets the contract.
Generated collocations (experimental)
yù bàng xiāng zhēng鹬蚌相争when two parties are in conflictyú渔Wēng翁dé lì得利the fisherman benefitsyù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利de的gù shì故事the story of the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman who profitsyù bàng xiāng zhēng鹬蚌相争de的jú miàn局面a situation where two parties are in disputeyú渔Wēng翁dé lì得利de的dào li道理the principle that a third party benefits from others' conflictsyù bàng xiāng zhēng鹬蚌相争de的jiào xun教训the lesson from the conflict between the snipe and the clamshí de识得yú渔Wēng翁recognizing the opportunist in disputesdì sān zhě第三者dé lì得利the third party benefits from a conflicttí xǐng提醒tā rén他人to remind others about the consequences of disputesbǐ cǐ彼此zhēng dòu争斗mutual fighting or conflictxīn píng qì hé心平气和to handle disputes calmlybì miǎn避免zhēng dòu争斗to avoid conflicts and disputes