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Zach

鷸蚌の争い

Reading

Kana: いつぼうのあらそい
Romaji: itsubounoarasoi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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1

while two dogs are fighting for a bone, a third runs away with it; the fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)

Note: idiomatic expression
See also: 漁夫の利

Kanji

Readings: イツ、 しぎ
Meanings: kingfisher, snipe
Readings: ボウ、 ホウ、 ビョウ、 はまぐり、 どぶが.い
Meaning: clam
Readings: ソウ、 あらそ.う、 いか.でか
Meanings: contend, dispute, argue