鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利 in English yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1 , yu2 weng1 de2 li4 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) sandpiper and clam war together and the fisherman catches both (idiomatic expression); metaphorically neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party

Pinyin

yu4 bang4 xiang1 zheng1 , yu2 weng1 de2 li4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

鹬yu4common snipe 蚌bang4abbr. for Bengbu prefecture-level city 蚌埠市[Beng4 bu4 shi4], Anhui 相xiang1surname Xiang 争zheng1to strive for ， 渔yu2fisherman 翁weng1surname Weng 得de2to obtain 利li4surname Li