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!rock; stone; 10 pecks !two; 2 !bird |- !trad. (一石二鳥) | 一 | 石 | 二 | 鳥 |- !simp. (一石二鸟) | 一 | 石 | 二 | 鸟 |}

Idiom

一石二鳥

1. kill two birds with one stone; do one task and finish two or more goals; (literally, one stone two birds)

Synonyms

• 一箭雙雕, 一箭雙鵰
• 一舉兩得

Japanese

Etymology

A calque of the English expression, to kill two birds with one stone.^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっせきにちょう [ìssékí níchóó] (Heiban - [0])^[2]
• (Tokyo) いっせきに​ちょう [ìssékí níꜜchòò] (Nakadaka - [5])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [isːe̞kʲi nit͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

一石二鳥 ‎(hiragana いっせきにちょう, romaji isseki nichō)

1. “one stone, two birds” → kill two birds with one stone: do one task and finish two or more goals

Synonyms

• 一挙両得 (いっきょりょうとく) ‎(ikkyo ryōtoku): literally, “one stroke, double gain”

References

1. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0
2. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0