Read Edit View history 小试牛刀 xiǎoshìniúdāo to show a glimpse of one's talent Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 小试牛刀 小試牛刀 xiǎoshìniúdāo to show a glimpse of one's talent to give a small demonstration of one's great skills or talents; used to describe an able person starting on a minor task to show what they can do Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.275 per million Cross-References Same as 牛刀小试 niúdāoxiǎoshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
小试牛刀 小試牛刀 xiǎoshìniúdāo to show a glimpse of one's talent to give a small demonstration of one's great skills or talents; used to describe an able person starting on a minor task to show what they can do Frequency Movie subtitles 0.180 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.275 per million Cross-References Same as 牛刀小试 niúdāoxiǎoshì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)