Chinese Idiom Story“一箭雙雕 ”

In the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties (nán běi cháo 南北朝,420-589AD) there was an expert archer named Zhangsun Cheng (Zhǎng sūn shèng 长孙晟). One day he went hunting together with a friend. Suddenly they saw two vultures fighting for a piece of meat high in the air. His friend handed him two arrows, and said, ” Can you shoot down both vultures?” Zhangsun Cheng dffortlessly killed both vultures with only one arrow.This recorded episode became known as Yi-jian-shuang-diao, similar to the statement getting two birds with one stone. The expression is said of getting two separate results in one go and is a compliment of one’s outstanding achievement of succeeding in several tasks simultaneously with sill and talent. It is the expression for achieve a dual purpose.

南北朝時代,有個名叫長孫晟的人,聰明敏捷,特別善于射箭。一天他同朋友一起去打獵, 忽然看見兩只雕在空中爭奪一塊肉。他的朋友立即給了長孫晟兩只箭,說:“你能把兩只雕都射下來嗎?” 長孫晟不慌不忙拉開弓,只射了一箭,。“嗖”的一聲,兩只大雕便串在一起掉落下了。朋友直誇他好箭法。一箭雙雕的表達由此而來,與一石二鳥意義相近。 “一箭雙雕”比喻用一種辦法同時得到兩種收獲或效果。

Nánběicháo shídài, yǒu gè míng jiào zhǎngsūn chéng de rén, cōngmíng mǐnjié, tèbié shànyú shèjiàn. Yītiān tā tóng péngyǒu yīqǐ qù dǎliè, hūrán kànjiàn liǎng zhǐ diāo zài kōngzhōng zhēngduó yīkuài ròu. Tā de péngyǒu lìjí gěile zhǎngsūn chéng liǎng zhǐ jiàn, shuō:“Nǐ néng bǎ liǎng zhǐ diāo dōu shè xiàlái ma?” Zhǎngsūn chéng bù huāng bù máng lā kāi gōng, zhǐ shèle yī jiàn,. “Sōu” de yī shēng, liǎng zhǐ dà diāo biàn chuàn zài yīqǐ diào luò xiàle. Péngyǒu zhí kuā tā hǎo jiàn fǎ. Yījiànshuāngdiāo de biǎodá yóu cǐ ér lái, yǔ yīshí’èrniǎo yìyì xiāngjìn. “Yījiànshuāngdiāo” bǐyù yòng yīzhǒng bànfǎ tóngshí dédào liǎng zhǒng shōuhuò huò xiàoguǒ.

一箭雙雕 (yī jiàn shuāng diāo)
【翻譯】 Two hawks with one arrow.
【釋義】 雕:一種凶猛的大鳥。一箭雙雕指射箭技術高超,一箭射中兩只雕。
比喻做一件事達到兩個目的。

Diāo: Yīzhǒng xiōngměng de dàniǎo. Yījiànshuāngdiāo zhǐ shèjiàn jìshù gāochāo, yī jiàn shè zhòng liǎng zhǐ diāo. Bǐyù zuò yī jiàn shì dádào liǎng gè mùdì.
【例句】 同學們在學習的過程中不僅溫習了課文也了解了考試的內容,可謂”一箭雙雕”!

Tóngxuémen zài xuéxí de guòchéng zhōng bùjǐn wēnxíle kèwén yě liǎojiěle kǎoshì de nèiróng, kěwèi” yījiànshuāngdiāo”!
【近義詞】 一石二鳥、一舉兩得、 兩全其美
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