漁人得利

Chinese

		fisher; fisherman	to benefit; to profit
trad. (漁人得利)		漁人	得利
simp. (渔人得利)		渔人	得利
Literally: “fisherman attains success”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúréndélì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jan⁴ dak¹ lei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúréndélì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúréndélì
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-jên²-tê²-li⁴
    • Yale: yú-rén-dé-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yurenderlih
    • Palladius: юйжэньдэли (jujžɛnʹdɛli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʐən³⁵ tɤ³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu⁴ jan⁴ dak¹ lei⁶
    • Yale: yùh yàhn dāk leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jan⁴ dak⁷ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yen⁴ deg¹ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɐn²¹ tɐk̚⁵ lei̯²²/

Idiom

漁人得利

1. it is always the third party who benefits (when two sides quarrel)

Derived terms

• 鷸蚌相爭，漁人得利／鹬蚌相争，渔人得利 (yùbàng xiāngzhēng, yúrén délì)

 

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
漁	人	得	利

Idiom

漁人得利

1. chữ Hán form of ngư ông đắc lợi.