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Today, we explore the idiom 「漁人之利」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Fisherman: a metaphor for a third party. It is a metaphor for two parties who are arguing and both suffer losses, allowing a third party to take advantage.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yú rén zhī lì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yu4 yan4 ji1 lei6
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