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渔翁得利 (Yúwēngdélì) Tencent (QQ) vs. 360: The Fisherman Benefits  |
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渔 (yú): v. to catch fish
渔翁 (yúwēng): n. fisherman
利 (lì): n. profit
之 (zhī): a structural auxiliary word, which means "of...," more often used in ancient Chinese text Earlier this month, two of China's most successful Internet companies took their long standing feud with each other to public. One party is Tencent (QQ), and the other is 360. Due to their public feud, both, in one day experienced a rapid loss of users. However, on that same day, MSN saw great increases in its users, reaching second on the Baidu seven-day spotlight list, which ranks everything popular in China each week. The drama is being referred to as "360 battles with QQ, while MSN 坐收渔翁之利 (zuòshōu yúwēng zhīlì)" which basically means... (See Full Article)
The idiom "坐收渔翁之利 (Zuòshōu yúwēng zhīlì)" comes from an ancient Chinese story, as follows:
Yì zhī bàng zài shātān shàng shài tàiyang, yìzhī yù fēilái zhuó tāde ròu, bàng mǎshàng héshàng, jiāzhù le yù de zuǐ.
一 只 蚌 在 沙滩 上 晒 太阳，一只 鹬 飞来 啄 它的 肉，蚌 马上 合上， 夹住 了 鹬 的 嘴。
A clam was on the beach basking in the sun when a snipe came to eat it. The clam quickly closed his shell latching onto the snipe’s beak.
Yù shuō: "Jīntiān bú xiàyǔ, míngtiān bú xiàyǔ, jiù huì gānsǐ nǐ."
鹬 说：“今天 不 下雨，明天 不 下雨，就 会 干死 你。”
The snipe said, "It won’t rain today and it won't rain tomorrow, then you will dry out and die."
Bàng yě duì yù shuō: "Jīntiān nǐ de zuǐ chū búqù, míngtiān nǐ de zuǐ chū bú qù, jiù huì è sǐ nǐ."
蚌 也 对 鹬 说：“今天 你 的 嘴 出 不去， 明天 你 的 嘴 出 不 去，就 会 饿 死 你。”
The clam replied to the snipe, "Your beak won’t be unlatched today and it won’t be unlatched tomorrow, then... (See Full Article)
Key Learning Points:
渔 (yú): v. to catch fish
"渔," a verb, is different from its homonym---another Chinese character "鱼," a noun, which means fish.
Example:
Shòu rén yǐ yú zhǐ jiù yìshí zhī jí, shòu rén yǐ yú zé jiě yìshēng zhī xū.
授 人 以 鱼 只 救 一时 之 急，授 人 以 渔 则 解 一生 之需。
Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you will feed him for a lifetime.
渔翁 (yúwēng): n. fisherman
Xiǎomíng de yéye shì gè yúwēng.
小明 的 爷爷 是 个 渔翁。
Xiao Ming's grandpa is a fisherman.
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Read more stories in the Mandarin language online:
老马识途 An Old Horse Knows the Way
矛和盾的故事 The Story of the Spear and the Shield
爱屋及乌 Love Me, Love My Dog |
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杀鸡取卵 (shājīqǔluǎn) Kill the Hen that Lays Golden Eggs  |
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杀鸡取卵(shājīqǔluǎn): to kill the hen that lays golden eggs
金 (jīn): adj. golden
Yǒu yí duì pínqióng de fūfù, tāmen yǎngle yì zhī lǎo mǔjī.
有 一 对 贫穷 的 夫妇，他们 养了 一 只 老 母鸡。
Once there was a poor couple who kept an old hen.
Tūrán yǒu yì tiān, lǎo mǔjī xiàle yì zhī jīndàn. Bìngqiě yǐhòu měitiān xià yìzhī.
突然 有 一 天，老 母鸡 下了 一 只 金蛋。 并且 以后 每天 下 一只。
Suddenly one day, the old hen laid a golden egg. From then on, it laid one every day.
Zhè duì fūfù cóngcǐ guò shàngle fùyù de rìzi.
这 对 夫妇 从此 过 上了 富裕 的 日子。
The poor couple began to live a rich life.
Hòulái, tāmen xiǎng: Jìrán zhè zhī jī měitiān dōu néng xià yì zhī jīndàn, nàme, jī de dù lǐ kěndìng yǒu hěnduō jīndàn, bùrú
后来， 他们 想： 既然 这 只 鸡 每天 都 能 下 一 只 金蛋，那么，鸡 的肚 里 肯定 有 很多 金蛋，不如
shā le jī, bǎ suǒyǒu de jīndàn dōu qǔ chūlái.
杀 了 鸡，把 所有 的 金蛋 都 取 出来。
Later, they thought to themselves: "Since the hen lays one golden egg every day, it must have lots of golden eggs in its belly; we'd better kill the hen and take all the golden eggs out."
Yúshì, tāmen shā le lǎo mǔjī.
于是，他们 杀 了 老 母鸡。
So, they killed the old hen.
Kěshì pōukāi jī de dùzi yíkàn, bìng méiyǒu jīndàn.
可是 剖开 鸡 的 肚子 一看，并 没有 金蛋。
But when they cut open the hen's belly, there weren’t... (See Full Article)
Key Learning Points:
杀鸡取卵(shājīqǔluǎn): to kill the hen that lays golden eggs
"杀 (shā)" means to kill, "鸡 (jī)" means chicken, "取 (qǔ)" means to get and "卵 (luǎn)" usually means ovum, but in the phrase "杀鸡取卵 (shājīqǔluǎn)," "卵 (luǎn)" just means egg.
Example:
Wǒmen bùnéng shājīqǔluǎn, zhǐ gù yǎnqián lìyì.
我们 不能 杀鸡取卵， 只 顾 眼前 利益。
We mustn't kill the hen that lays golden eggs for short-term interest.
金 (jīn): adj. golden
Tā yǒu zhe jīnsè de tóufa hé báijing de pífū, kànqǐlái xiàng gè gōngzhǔ.
她 有 着 金色 的 头发 和 白净 的 皮肤，看起来 像 个 公主。
She has blonde hair and fair... (Learn More)
More Mandarin Idioms for Children:
盲人摸象 The Blind Men and the Elephant
井底之蛙 The Frog in the Well |
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