得利

délì
verb #36,185

Meanings

  1. 1 to benefit (from something)
  2. 2 to gain profit
  3. 3 to come out ahead

Examples

Yù bàng xiāng zhēng, yú wēng délì.
When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits.
Zhè cì gǎigé shéi zuì délì?
Who benefits most from this reform?

Tips

history
Made famous by the chengyu 鹬蚌相争得利 — a snipe and a clam lock in a stalemate, neither willing to let go, and a passing fisherman scoops them both up. It's the classical Chinese version of 'when two dogs fight, a third runs off with the bone', from 战国 (Strategies of the Warring States).

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