profit at other's expense(yú wēng zhī lì)

profit at other's expense

Yuweng Zhili, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ú w ē ngzh ī L ì, which means "yuweng Zhili". From Lao Can's travels.

The origin of Idioms

The eleventh chapter of Liu e's travels to Lao can in Qing Dynasty: "in the Jiawu period, Japan invaded the three eastern provinces of China, Russia and Germany came out to mediate, and the overall situation changed again by taking advantage of the benefits of the fishermen."

Idiom usage

Mao Dun's Rainbow: "what Shanghai people worship is profit, and it is the profit of fishing without their own efforts." In Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong's Xing Shi Heng Yan, Qiao Tai Shou's random notes on mandarin duck's music, it is said that "~, you can make a profit by yourself."

Idioms and allusions

According to the original text, Zhao also felled Yan, and Su Dynasty called it King Hui, saying: "today's officials come to the Yi River, and the clam comes out, while the snipe pecks its meat, and the clam is close to its beak. The snipe said, "if it doesn't rain today, if it doesn't rain tomorrow, there will be dead mussels!" The clam is also called a snipe, saying, "if you don't come out today, if you don't come out tomorrow, there will be a dead snipe!" The two refused to part. The fishermen get it and catch it. Today, Zhao attacked Yan, and Yan and Zhao supported each other for a long time, so as to harm the public. I was afraid that I would be a fisherman. Therefore, I hope that Wang is familiar with the plan. " King Hui said, "good!" That's it. ——The commentary of the Warring States policy: Fang Zheng. Exposure to the sun. Sandpiper (Y ù) - a water bird with a slender bill and legs, often preys on small fish, insects, mussels, etc. in shallow water or paddy fields. Qi á n: the same as "clamp". Beak - the mouth of a bird or beast. rain (Y ù) - used here as a verb, rain. that's -- that's it, that's it. Say to say to. Give up each other. and - together, together. Birds -- catching and catching. Disadvantages: disadvantages; harms, here refers to fatigue. Be careful. bird: through "capture" warn people not to kill each other, to be tolerant. Its implication is related to the idiom "the mantis catches cicadas, the Yellow sparrow is behind".

Chinese PinYin : yú wēng zhī lì