Word Meaning 鷸蚌の争い

いつぼうのあらそい itsubou no arasoi

鷸蚌の争い is read as いつぼうのあらそい (itsubou no arasoi) and means fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does).

Meaning

English

  1. fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does)
  2. a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit)

Reading

Kana

いつぼうのあらそい

Romaji

itsubou no arasoi

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鷸蚌

いつぼう

a snipe and a clam

争い

あらそい

competition

言い争い

いいあらそい

a quarrel

先陣争い

せんじんあらそい

competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)

派閥争い

はばつあらそい

factional dispute

年は争えない

としはあらそえない

age will tell

相続争い

そうぞくあらそい

inheritance dispute

縄張り争い

なわばりあらそい

turf war

覇権争い

はけんあらそい

leadership competition

政権争い

せいけんあらそい

political power struggle

権力争い

けんりょくあらそい

power struggle