set the snipe and clam at each other and then take advantage of both(zuò shōu yú lì)

set the snipe and clam at each other and then take advantage of both

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ò sh ō uy ú L ì, which means to profit from others' contradictions. It comes from the second yance of the Warring States period by Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Xiang of the Western Han Dynasty wrote in the second yance of the Warring States Period: "today's officials are coming, passing through the Yishui River, and the clam comes out, while the snipe pecks its meat, and the clam gathers and pinches its beak." If the two refuse to give up each other, the fishermen will be able to combine them. "

Idiom usage

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Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: self reliance, self-reliance

Chinese PinYin : zuò shōu yú lì