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鷸
蚌
相
爭
,
漁
翁
得
利
[
鹬
--
争
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渔
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Jyutping
wat6 pong5 soeng1 zang1 , jyu4 jung1 dak1 lei6
Pinyin
yù bàng xiāng zhēng , yú wēng dé lì
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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