一箭双雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
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Traditional: 一箭雙鵰
To achieve two goals with a single action, like 'killing two birds with one stone'. Used to praise a clever plan or a lucky result.
Một mũi tên bắn trúng hai con chim điêu: làm một việc mà đạt được hai mục đích. Dùng để khen một cách làm khéo hoặc một kết quả may mắn.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 雕/鵰 = điêu; etymology of “nhất tiễn song điêu” = 一箭雙鵰 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “nhất tiễn song điêu” (nhat-tien-song-dieu). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
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Common questions
What does “一箭双雕” mean?
To achieve two goals with a single action, like 'killing two birds with one stone'. Used to praise a clever plan or a lucky result. Literally: one arrow, a pair of eagles
Is “一箭双雕” formal or informal?
一箭双雕 is generally neutral.