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    3. 漁夫の利

    漁夫の利

    漁ぎょ夫ふの​利り

    profiting while others fight

    KMT10News #39+1NounBusiness & FinanceNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab26 strokes

    漁父の利

    ぎょふのりぎょほのり

    Noun

    1.
    profiting while others fight, fisherman's profit
    idiomatic expression

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    二ふたつの会かい社しゃが争あらそっている間あいだに、第だい三さん者しゃが漁ぎょ夫ふの利りを得えた。

    While two companies were fighting, a third party gained a fisherman's profit.

    KMT10Business & Finance
    彼かれらの喧けん嘩かは、結けっ局きょく、漁ぎょ夫ふの利りを他た人にんに与あたえる結けっ果かとなった。

    Their quarrel ultimately resulted in giving a fisherman's profit to others.

    KMT10Daily Life
    国こく際さい政せい治じにおいて、大たい国こく間かんの対たい立りつが漁ぎょ夫ふの利りを生うむことがある。

    In international politics, conflicts between major powers can sometimes lead to a fisherman's profit.

    KMT10Politics & Law
    市し場じょうシェアを巡めぐる激はげしい競きょう争そうは、結けっ局きょく、競きょう合ごう他た社しゃに漁ぎょ夫ふの利りをもたらした。

    The fierce competition over market share ultimately brought a fisherman's profit to rival companies.

    KMT10Business & Finance
    この物ものが語たりは、漁ぎょ夫ふの利りという古こ典てん的てきな教きょう訓くんを現げん代だいに伝つたえている。

    This story conveys the classic lesson of 'the fisherman's profit' to the modern age.

    KMT10LiteratureCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    漁
    あさ.る…(2)
    fishing・fishery
    Kanji
    夫
    おっと・それ…(7)
    husband・man
    Kanji
    利
    き.く…(7)
    profit・advantage・benefit
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
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