一 石 二 鳥(いっせきにちょう)

いっせきにちょう

noun, expression

killing two birds with one stone

1. killing two birds with one stone

Achieving two goals with a single action. A four-character idiom (四字熟語).

Let's think of a way to kill two birds with one stone.

Listening to English while exercising is killing two birds with one stone.

Commuting by bicycle is good for both health and the environment—two birds with one stone.

With this job, you can gain experience and the pay is good too. Two birds with one stone.

I realized that if I made cooking my hobby, I could have fun and save money at the same time—two birds with one stone.

一石二鳥(いっせきにちょう) is a 四字熟語(よじじゅくご) (four-character idiom) meaning to achieve two goals with one action.

一(いち)石(せき) (one stone) + 二(に)鳥(ちょう) (two birds)
Borrowed from the English proverb "kill two birds with one stone."

一挙両得(いっきょりょうとく): achieving two gains with one action (similar meaning)
二兎を追う者は一兎をも得(にとをおうものはいっとをもえ)ず: one who chases two rabbits catches neither (opposite warning)

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Added 2026.1.16 8:52 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02

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