Showing posts with label Two Birds. Show all posts
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Chinese Daily Proverb: Solving Problems

Posted by Charlie @ Discovering Mandarin Sunday, 16 August 2009 2 comments

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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