鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利

Chinese

		snipe and oyster fight each other; neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party
trad. (鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利)		鷸蚌相爭	，	漁翁得利
simp. (鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利)		鹬蚌相争	，	渔翁得利

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yùbàngxiàngzhēng , yúwēngdélì

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄅㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄥ , ㄩˊ ㄨㄥ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wat⁶ pong⁵ soeng¹ zang¹, jyu⁴ jung¹ dak¹ lei⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yùbàngxiàngzhēng , yúwēngdélì
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄅㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄓㄥ , ㄩˊ ㄨㄥ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yùbàngsiàngjheng , yúwongdélì
    • Wade–Giles: yü⁴-pang⁴-hsiang⁴-chêng¹ , yü²-wêng¹-tê²-li⁴
    • Yale: yù-bàng-syàng-jēng , yú-wēng-dé-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhbanqshianqjeng , yuuengderlih
    • Palladius: юйбансянчжэн , юйвэндэли (jujbansjančžɛn , jujvɛndɛli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹⁻⁵³ pɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ y³⁵ wəŋ⁵⁵ tɤ³⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wat⁶ pong⁵ soeng¹ zang¹, jyu⁴ jung¹ dak¹ lei⁶
    • Yale: waht póhng sēung jāng, yùh yūng dāk leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wat⁹ pong⁵ soeng¹ dzang¹, jy⁴ jung¹ dak⁷ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wed⁶ pong⁵ sêng¹ zeng¹, yu⁴ yung¹ deg¹ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐt̚² pʰɔːŋ¹³ sœːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ jyː²¹ jʊŋ⁵⁵ tɐk̚⁵ lei̯²²/

Idiom

鷸蚌相爭，漁翁得利

1. Alternative form of 鷸蚌相爭，漁人得利／鹬蚌相争，渔人得利 (yùbàng xiāngzhēng, yúrén délì)

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: trai cò đánh nhau, ngư ông đắc lợi (calque)