一挙両得 – vocab dash

一いっ挙きょ両りょう得とく

Meanings

Noun

1. killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends (Yojijukugo)

Kanji used

一one 挙raise and present 両both 得gain

Pitch accent

いっきょりょうとく

Composed of

一いっ挙きょ

one effort; one action

Adverb

両りょう

both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; traditional unit of weight (for gold, silver and drugs), 4-5 monme, 15-19 g; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold; traditional measure of fabric, 2 tan

Prefix

得とく

profit; advantage; benefit; gain; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

Na-adjective

Examples2

ＤＴＰで本ほんを作つくれば、安やすいし早はやいし、まさに一いっ挙きょ両りょう得とくだ。

Desktop publishing lets you produce books quickly and cheaply. It's like killing two birds with one stone.

そうすれば一いっ挙きょ両りょう得とくだ。

It will kill two birds with one stone.