異曲同工

异曲同工
yìqǔtónggōng
  1. different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. different methods leading to the same result
  3. different approach but equally satisfactory outcome

CEDICT

different approaches but equally satisfactory results

Wiktionary

曲調雖異，工妙則同。比喻不同人的辭章或方法，卻有相同的造詣或功效。參見「同工異曲」條。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 異 yì
  1. different
  2. other
  3. hetero-
  4. unusual
  5. strange
  6. surprising
  7. to distinguish
  8. to separate
  9. to discriminate
2 曲 qǔ
  1. tune
  2. song

classifier: 支
3 同工 tónggōng fellow workers