Snipe and Mussel Struggle - Pinyin: The idiom of "Snipe and Mussel Struggle" is used to describe a situation in which a dispute between two people is bound to result in the loss of both of them, while a third party is benefited.

Snipe and Clam - Pinyin: [yù bàng xiāng zhēng]

Origin: Qing Dynasty-Xiang Lingzi (湘灵子), "Xuan Ting Grievance - Crying at the Grave": "The waves turn over the sea of blood and the globe is in pity, and I ask who dares to scold the strong Qin for its barbaric laws? Laughing at his snipes and clams performing wind and cloud formation."