yī​shí​liǎng​niǎo

to kill two birds with one stone

  • created reference approved 一石两鸟/一石兩鳥 → 一箭双雕/一箭雙雕 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一石两鸟 / 一石兩鳥 yī​shí​liǎng​niǎo

    一箭双雕 / 一箭雙雕 yī​jiàn​shuāng​diāo

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 一石两鸟/一石兩鳥 → 一石二鸟/一石二鳥 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一石两鸟 / 一石兩鳥 yī​shí​liǎng​niǎo

    一石二鸟 / 一石二鳥 yī​shí'èr​niǎo

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 一石两鸟/一石兩鳥 · yī​shí​liǎng​niǎo · to kill two birds with one stone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一石两鸟 / 一石兩鳥

    yī​shí​liǎng​niǎo

    to kill two birds with one stone

    to achieve two goals with a single action; lit. one stone, two birds

    yì​shí​liǎng​niǎo

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 石 (literal) → 石 · shí · stone 两 (literal) → 两/兩 · liǎng · two 鸟 (literal) → 鸟/鳥 · niǎo · bird

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense