Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight(zuò shān guān hǔ dòu)

Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight

It is an idiom to sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight. Its pronunciation is Zu ø sh ā NGU ā NH ǔ D ò u, which means to sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight. It refers to taking a stand-by attitude towards the struggle between the two sides, waiting for both sides to lose, and then taking advantage of it. It comes from "Warring States strategy · Qin CE 2".

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Sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. It is a metaphor for taking a stand-by attitude towards the struggle between the two sides, waiting until both sides are injured, and then reaping benefits from it.

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Wang Xifeng, a cruel and cruel man, takes off second sister you by the hand of Qiu Tong. source: from the tenth biography of Zhang Yi in historical records written by Sima Qian. Story: one year, South Korea fought with the state of Wei for a long time. King Hui of Qin planned to send troops to help. He wanted to hear the opinions of the ministers. Chen said: "once upon a time, a man named Bian Zhuangzi saw two tigers and wanted to kill them with his sword. The man next to him advised him: "you don't have to be busy. You see, two tigers are eating cattle. After a while, they eat up all the cattle. They will fight for each other. As a result, the big tiger is injured and the little tiger dies. At that time, if you assassinate the wounded tiger, won't you get two tigers in one fell swoop? "" Oh, "King Hui of Qin suddenly realized," you mean, let Korea and Wei fight for a while, wait for one big defeat, and when the other is damaged, I will send troops to attack again, and then I can defeat them two countries at one time, just like Bian Zhuangzi stabbing tigers, right? "Chen said He nodded and said, "that's it!" King Hui of Qin adopted Chen's advice and really won.

Chinese PinYin : zuò shān guān hǔ dòu