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