일석이조

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 一石二鳥, an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 一石二鳥 (isseki nichō), ultimately a calque of English kill two birds with one stone.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [iɭs͈ʌ̹ɡid͡ʑo̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [일써기조]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ilseogijo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ilseog'ijo
McCune–Reischauer?ilssŏgijo
Yale Romanization?ilqsek.ico

Noun

일석이조 • (ilseogijo) (hanja 一石二鳥)

  1. (four-character idiom from Classical Chinese) kill two birds with one stone
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