Conduct & Attitude
一石二鳥
일석이조
yī shí èr niǎo
Il-seog-i-jo
一
한 일
石
돌 석
二
두 이
鳥
새 조
Character by character
Meaning
Two birds with one stone — two gains from a single act.
Origin
A modern coinage rendering the English idiom into four Chinese characters.
How it is used
Used when one action solves two problems at once.
Hanja一石二鳥
Simplified一石二鸟
Korean reading일석이조
Pinyinyī shí èr niǎo
Frequently asked questions
Q. What does Il-seog-i-jo mean?
一石二鳥 · Two birds with one stone — two gains from a single act.
Q. Where does Il-seog-i-jo come from?
A modern coinage rendering the English idiom into four Chinese characters.
Q. How is Il-seog-i-jo used?
Used when one action solves two problems at once.
Idioms in the same group
有備無患 Yu-bi-mu-hwanIf you prepare in advance, there is nothing to worry about.易地思之 Yeok-ji-sa-jiThink about it after swapping places with the other person.初志一貫 Cho-ji-il-gwanCarry the resolve you started with all the way through, unchanged.名不虛傳 Myeong-bul-heo-jeonThe reputation was not passed on in vain — it lives up to the name.靑出於藍 Cheong-chul-eo-ramThe blue drawn from the indigo plant is bluer than the plant — the student surpasses the teacher.大器晩成 Dae-gi-man-seongA great vessel takes long to finish — those destined for greatness succeed late.
The idioms used in Korea mix phrases from the Chinese classics with ones coined in Korea. Where an expression is not used in China, the entry says so.