一箭双雕 (Yī jiàn shuāng diāo)
Meaning: To achieve two things with a single act.
Language: Chinese
Literally: One arrow, two hawks
Category: Animals
Origin: From a tale of the Northern Zhou general Zhangsun Sheng, who downed two circling eagles with one arrow.
More idioms — Animals
- Att ha en räv bakom örat — To be cunning and sly.
- Mieć węża w kieszeni — To be very stingy.
- تمخض الجبل فولد فأرا (tamakhaḍa al-jabalu fa-walada fa'ran) — A huge fuss producing a tiny result.
- مرغ همسایه غاز است (morgh-e hamsāye ghāz ast) — The grass is always greener next door.
- A umbla cu cioara vopsită — To try to deceive people with falsehoods.
- Ići niz dlaku — To go smoothly and agreeably.
More Chinese idioms
- 班门弄斧 (bān mén nòng fǔ) — To display feeble skill before a true master.
- 名落孙山 (míng luò Sūn Shān) — To fail an examination.
- 雪上加霜 (Xuě shàng jiā shuāng) — To make a bad situation even worse.
- 对牛弹琴 (duì niú tán qín) — Reasoning with someone who cannot understand.
- 画蛇添足 (huà shé tiān zú) — To ruin something by adding unnecessary extras.
- 鸡同鸭讲 (jī tóng yā jiǎng) — Complete miscommunication; talking past each other.
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