Sunday 16 August 2009

Chinese Daily Proverb: Solving Problems

Todays proverb means to solve two problems through one action. This promotes effiency and the saying relates to adding value to certain decisions when it has extra or hidden benefits.

一箭雙雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
Kill two birds with one Arrow

This saying is more commonly known in English as: Killing two birds with one stone.

It can also be expressed as:

一石二烏
yī shí èr wū

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous16 August 2009 at 14:02

    also 一石二烏 (yi shi er niao) with the same meaning.

    Wanchi

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  2. Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin18 August 2009 at 14:45

    Thanks for the additional information Wanchi, I will add them in. :)

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