kill two birds with one stone(yī jiàn shuāng diāo)

kill two birds with one stone

Kill two birds with one stone, a Chinese idiom, pronounced y ī Ji à nshu ā ngdi ā o, originally refers to superb archery skills, one arrow hit two eagles. After the metaphor to do one thing to achieve two purposes. It comes from the biography of Chang Sun Ji in northern history.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: kill two birds with one stone, kill two birds with one stone, and get twice the result with half the effort

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Chang Sun Sheng in the northern history, there are two sculptures flying for meat. Because they fight with Sheng with two arrows, please shoot them. Sheng chi to meet the carving phase grab, then a double run Yan

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attribute; metaphor to do one thing to achieve two purposes. Example: in the Song Dynasty, Lu You's poem "repaying prosperity" said: "kill two birds with one stone in your prime, wild pay, now pick medicine seedlings."

Idiom story

In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there was a man with both wisdom and courage called Chang Sun Sheng. It is said that when he was born, he was very thin and weak. Many people thought that he would not live to be an adult. Chang Sun Sheng's mother doesn't think so. She thinks her son will have a great future when he grows up. In order to make his son strong, Chang Sun Sheng's mother often asked him to go to the mountains to cut firewood when he was 3 years old. A three-year-old boy went to the mountain to cut firewood, which aroused many villagers' doubts. However, Chang Sun Sheng's mother always insisted that Chang Sun Sheng go up the mountain every day. Just like that, when Sun Sheng was 8 years old, he was stronger than the boys of his age, and he had a lot of strength. Many people are surprised that an 8-year-old can lift a stone that an adult can't. Moreover, Chang Sun Sheng was very good at archery. Every time I go up the mountain to collect firewood, I will beat some wild birds back. When he was 18 years old, Chang Sun Sheng finally developed his archery skills, and no one dared to compare with him. Chang Sun Sheng's mother not only tried to improve his physique, but also let him read the book of war since he was a child, hoping that he would become a good general when he grew up. After years of hard work, he finally became a general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. during the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, there was a minority in the northwest, Turks. One day, the Turkic Khan proposed to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, hoping to marry a woman from the royal family to him, so as to maintain friendly exchanges between the two countries. In order to maintain a good relationship with Turks, Emperor Xuan of Zhou decided to betroth the daughter of King Yu Wenzhao to him. When Turks came to beizhou to marry, they brought many brave soldiers to show off their energy. At that time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty also sent many warriors to compete with Turkic warriors, and each side had its own victory or defeat. At that time, Chang Sun Sheng was also present. He defeated three Turkic warriors in an instant, which made the Turkic Khan admire him very much. During the archery competition, Chang Sun Sheng's archery skills also made the Turks present marvel. Soon, the Northern Zhou Dynasty will send people to escort the princess to Turk. When considering the candidates, Emperor Xuan of Zhou immediately thought of Chang Sun Sheng, and said to him: Chang sun Qing's family, you have excellent martial arts skills, so you can escort the princess to Turk. You can be the guard general, and I can rest assured. In this way, Chang Sun Sheng escorted the princess to Turk. They went through a lot of hardships all the way to Turk. Khan had always respected Chang Sun Sheng. He was very happy to see him coming. So he held a banquet for Chang Sun Sheng. After three rounds of drinking, according to the local custom, we should compete with each other. Khan said: it's said that the eldest grandson brother is very skillful in martial arts, especially famous for archery. Come to our Turks today, let's show off. So the king of Turk ordered people to take a hard bow and ask Chang Sun Sheng to shoot copper wire a hundred paces away. When Chang Sun Sheng pulled his bow and arched, his hard bow was pulled into a curved moon, and a sharp arrow "swished" into the small square hole of the copper coin, which attracted everyone's cheers. Khan photographed to see such a precise arrow art, but also very admire Chang Sun Sheng, consecutively saluted him three bowls of wine. After drinking, Khan took a picture and asked Chang Sun Sheng to stay in Turk for a long time. Chang Sun Sheng was very kind and agreed. During the year of Turk, Khan often asked Chang Sun Sheng to accompany him to hunt. Over time, Chang Sun Sheng's superb archery became well-known in Turkey. once, while they were hunting, they suddenly looked up and saw two big Eagles fighting for a piece of meat in the sky. He gave Chang Sun Sheng two arrows and said, "can you shoot them down?" Chang Sun Sheng said: I'll try. So he took two arrows and galloped away. At this time, the two eagles were fighting each other. Chang Sun Sheng put on his arrow, drew his bow and shot an arrow at the two eagles. The two eagles fell down together. The people on the scene cheered and praised: "the general can kill two birds with one stone. It's really worthy of being an archer!" Sabolo Khan was also very happy, and ordered all his sons and nobles to get close to Chang Sun Sheng and learn his archery skills. the story was simplified to "kill two birds with one stone". It is often used to describe doing one thing can achieve two purposes or get two benefits at the same time. In addition, there is an idiom "kill two birds with one stone", which is very similar to "kill two birds with one stone". However, "kill two birds with one stone" refers to achieving two purposes. It is figurative and figurative. "Killing two birds with one stone" refers to getting two kinds of benefits, meaning more directly.

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