一いっ挙きょ両りょう全ぜん

noun

killing two birds with one stone; achieving two things at once

A four-character idiom meaning to accomplish two objectives with a single action. Similar in meaning to 一石二鳥, but less common in everyday speech.

• この計けい画かくは一いっ挙きょ両りょう全ぜんを狙ねらっている。

  This plan aims to kill two birds with one stone.

• 一いっ挙きょ両りょう全ぜんの策さくを考かんがえよう。

  Let's think of a plan that serves two ends at once.