Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    literally one arrow, two golden eagles

    yī
    一
    jiàn
    箭
    shuāng
    双
    diāo
    雕
    一箭双雕
    yī jiàn shuāng diāo

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • literally one arrow, two golden eagles
    • to kill two birds with one stone

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    箭
    jiàn
    arrow / CL:支[zhī]
    双
    shuāng
    two / double / pair / both / surname Shuang
    雕
    diāo
    to carve / to engrave / shrewd / bird of prey / variant of 雕[diāo], to engrave
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