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一弓射兩箭 (jat1 gung1 se6 loeng5 zin3) — kill two birds with one stone (literally: shoot two arrows with one bow) [also] 一箭雙雕，一石二鳥，一舉兩得 in Cantonese

jatˉ¹一gungˉ¹弓seˍ₆射loengˏ₅兩zin˗₃箭
简 一弓射两箭
Mandarin Pinyin: yi4 gong1 she4 liang3 jian4

Meaning of 一弓射兩箭

nounkill two birds with one stone (literally: shoot two arrows with one bow) [also] 一箭雙雕，一石二鳥，一舉兩得
nounKill two birds with one stone, meaning succeeding in doing two things by only one action

Characters in 一弓射兩箭

一jat1
one; a; an; the
弓gung1
bend; arch; bow
射se6
emit; give forth; send out (light, heat etc)
兩loeng5
loeng2 & liang3
箭zin3
arrow

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