割鸡焉用牛刀
gē​jī​yān​yòng​niú​dāo

overkill

  • created reference approved 割鸡焉用牛刀/割雞焉用牛刀 → 杀鸡焉用牛刀/殺雞焉用牛刀 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    割鸡焉用牛刀 / 割雞焉用牛刀 gē​jī​yān​yòng​niú​dāo

    杀鸡焉用牛刀 / 殺雞焉用牛刀 shā​jī​yān​yòng​niú​dāo

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 割鸡焉用牛刀/割雞焉用牛刀 · gē​jī​yān​yòng​niú​dāo · overkill — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    割鸡焉用牛刀 / 割雞焉用牛刀

    gē​jī​yān​yòng​niú​dāo

    overkill

    Why use a meat cleaver to kill a chicken; used to describe wasting a lot of effort on a small matter or using a great talent for a trivial task.

    割 (literal) → 割 · gē · to cut 鸡 (literal) → 鸡/雞 · jī · chicken 焉 (literal) → 焉 · yān · how 用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use 牛刀 (literal) → 牛刀 · niú​dāo · butcher's knife

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense