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一石二鳥

Reading

Kana: いっせきにちょう
Romaji: issekinichō
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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killing two birds with one stone

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: セキ、 シャク、 コク、 いし
Meaning: stone
Readings: ニ、 ジ、 ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび
Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)
Readings: チョウ、 とり
Meanings: bird, chicken

Example Sentence

その提案(ていあん)一石二鳥(いっせきにちょう)(ねら)ったものだろうけど、「(あぶ)(はち)とらず」にならなければいいけどね。
➥That proposal may be a way to kill two birds with one stone, but we also have to be careful not to get greedy and spoil everything.
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