大炮打蚊子
dà​pào​dǎ​wén​zi

to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut

  • created sense approved 大炮打蚊子 · dà​pào​dǎ​wén​zi · to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大炮打蚊子

    dà​pào​dǎ​wén​zi

    to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut

    using a cannon to shoot a mosquito; excessive effort for a trivial task

    大炮 (literal) → 大炮 · dà​pào · cannon 打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 蚊子 (literal) → 蚊子 · wén​zi · mosquito

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

    created sense