一石二鳥
See also: 一石二鸟
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
rock; stone; 10 pecks | two | bird | ||
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trad. (一石二鳥) | 一 | 石 | 二 | 鳥 | |
simp. (一石二鸟) | 一 | 石 | 二 | 鸟 | |
Literally: “one stone, two birds”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕˊ ㄦˋ ㄋㄧㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yishíh-èrniǎo
- Wade–Giles: i1-shih2-êrh4-niao3
- Yale: yī-shŕ-èr-nyǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishyrellneau
- Palladius: ишиэрняо (išiernjao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵ ˀɤɻ⁵¹ ni̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jat1 sek6 ji6 niu5
- Yale: yāt sehk yih níuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: jat7 sek9 ji6 niu5
- Guangdong Romanization: yed1 ség6 yi6 niu5
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɛːk̚² jiː²² niːu̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 一石二鳥
- kill two birds with one stone; do one task and finish two or more goals
Synonyms
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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一 | 石 | 二 | 鳥 |
いつ > いっ Grade: 1 |
せき Grade: 1 |
に Grade: 1 |
ちょう Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
A calque of the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English expression, to kill two birds with one stone.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
一石二鳥 • (isseki nichō)
- “one stone, two birds” → kill two birds with one stone: do one task and finish two or more goals
Synonyms
- 一挙両得 (ikkyo ryōtoku): literally, “one stroke, double gain”
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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