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一箭雙雕 (jat1 zin3 soeng1 diu1) — kill two birds with one stone; achieve two things at one stroke; serve double purpose (idiom) in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一zin˗₃箭soengˉ¹雙diuˉ¹雕
简 一箭双雕
Mandarin Pinyin: yi1 jian4 shuang1 diao1

Meaning of 一箭雙雕

nounkill two birds with one stone; achieve two things at one stroke; serve double purpose (idiom)

Characters in 一箭雙雕

一jat1
one; a; an; the
箭zin3
arrow
雙soeng1
two; pair; dual; both
雕diu1
carve; engrave; carving; sculpture | [variant] 彫

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