鹬蚌相争
“fight it out.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我们只需让他们二人
“We just need to let the two of them”
鹬蚌相争
“fight it out.”
十七年前
“Seventeen years ago,”
“Let them tear each other apart while we sit back and win.”
Originating from the Warring States period, this idiom encapsulates Chinese strategic thinking on leveraging an adversary's mutual conflict to achieve effortless victory.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
when the snipe and clam fight (referring to internal strife benefiting a third party)
A classic four-character idiom (chengyu) derived from a fable, commonly used when advising someone to exploit mutual rivalry between opponents.