漁人得利

Chinese

		fisher; fisherman	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	advantage; benefit; profit advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
trad. (漁人得利)		漁人	得	利
simp. (渔人得利)		渔人	得	利
Literally: “fisherman attains success”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúréndélì

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jan⁴ dak¹ lei⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúréndélì
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúréndélì
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-jên²-tê²-li⁴
  - Yale: yú-rén-dé-lì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yurenderlih
  - Palladius: юйжэньдэли (jujžɛnʹdɛli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʐən³⁵ tɤ³⁵ li⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ jan⁴ dak¹ lei⁶
  - Yale: yùh yàhn dāk leih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jan⁴ dak⁷ lei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yen⁴ deg¹ léi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jɐn²¹ tɐk̚⁵ lei̯²²/

Idiom

漁人得利

it is always the third party who benefits (when two sides quarrel)

Derived terms

鷸蚌相爭，漁人得利／鹬蚌相争，渔人得利 (yùbàng xiāngzhēng, yúrén délì)

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