鹬蚌相争

Yù Bàng Xiāng Zhēng

两个人互不相让,斗得两败俱伤,结果让旁人占了便宜。

When two fight and won't give in, a third party walks off with the prize.

在zài很hěn久jiǔ以yǐ前qián的de河hé滩tān上shàng,阳yáng光guāng明míng亮liàng。一yì只zhī河hé蚌bàng爬pá出chū水shuǐ面miàn,张zhāng开kāi壳ké晒shài太tài阳yáng。

一yì只zhī叫jiào鹬yù的de水shuǐ鸟niǎo飞fēi过guò来lái,看kàn见jiàn河hé蚌bàng鲜xiān嫩nèn的de肉ròu,伸shēn出chū长cháng长cháng的de嘴zuǐ,一yī下xià啄zhuó了le进jìn去qù。河hé蚌bàng吓xià得de立lì刻kè把bǎ壳ké合hé上shàng,死sǐ死sǐ夹jiā住zhù了le鹬yù的de嘴zuǐ。鹬yù用yòng力lì拔bá,拔bá不bù出chū来lái;河hé蚌bàng用yòng力lì逃táo,也yě逃táo不bù掉diào。

鹬yù气qì呼hū呼hū地dì说shuō:“今jīn天tiān不bù下xià雨yǔ,明míng天tiān不bù下xià雨yǔ,你nǐ这zhè个gè蚌bàng非fēi渴kě死sǐ不bù可kě!”河hé蚌bàng也yě不bù服fú气qì:“今jīn天tiān不bù松sōng口kǒu,明míng天tiān不bù松sōng口kǒu,你nǐ这zhè个gè鹬yù非fēi饿è死sǐ不bù可kě!”

两liǎng个gè谁shuí也yě不bù肯kěn让ràng。就jiù在zài这zhè时shí候hòu,一yī位wèi渔yú翁wēng走zǒu了le过guò来lái,一yī眼yǎn看kàn见jiàn这zhè热rè闹nào的de场chǎng面miàn,哈hā哈hā一yī笑xiào,弯wān腰yāo把bǎ鹬yù和hé蚌bàng一yī起qǐ捡jiǎn了le起qǐ来lái,高gāo高gāo兴xìng兴xìng地dì装zhuāng进jìn了le篓lǒu子zi。

这zhè就jiù是shì“鹬yù蚌bàng相xiāng争zhēng,渔yú翁wēng得dé利lì”的de故gù事shì。它tā告gào诉sù我wǒ们men:两liǎng个gè人rén互hù不bù相xiāng让ràng,最zuì后hòu吃chī亏kuī的de往wǎng往wǎng是shì自zì己jǐ,便pián宜yi却què让ràng别bié人rén占zhàn了le去qù。

Long ago, on a sunny riverbank, a clam crawled out of the water and opened its shell to bask in the warm sun.

A snipe — a long-beaked water bird — flew down, spotted the tender flesh of the clam, and stabbed its beak inside. The clam snapped its shell shut in fright, trapping the snipe's beak. The snipe pulled and pulled, but could not get free; the clam tried to escape, but could not move.

“If it doesn't rain today, and doesn't rain tomorrow,” snapped the snipe, “you'll dry up and die!” “If I don't open today, and don't open tomorrow,” answered the clam, “you'll starve to death!”

Neither would give in. Just then, an old fisherman came walking by. He saw the two locked together, laughed, bent down, picked up both the snipe and the clam, and dropped them happily into his basket.

This is the story of “snipe and clam fight, the fisherman wins.” When two sides refuse to yield, they often both lose, while someone else walks off with the prize.