一举两得 — Chinese idiom
一举两得
yī jǔ liǎng dé
Traditional: 一舉兩得
Meaning
- (lit.) one action, two gains
- (fig.) two birds with one stone
Character by character
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 举jǔto raise; to recommend; to praise
- 两liǎngtwo, both, pair, couple; ounce
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一丘之貉 yī qiū zhī hé
- 一之为甚 yī zhī wéi shèn
- 一干二净 yī gān èr jìng
- 一了百了 yī liǎo bǎi liǎo
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 一五一十 yī wǔ yī shí
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 一元复始 yī yuán fù shǐ
- 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
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