Read Edit View history 牛刀 niúdāo butcher's knife Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 牛刀 niúdāo butcher's knife a knife used for slaughtering cattle great talent a person of great ability or a powerful tool (from the idiom 割鸡焉用牛刀 gējīyānyòngniúdāo) Frequency Written text 0.327 per million Cross-References Classifier 把 bǎSee 割鸡焉用牛刀 gējīyānyòngniúdāo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
牛刀 niúdāo butcher's knife a knife used for slaughtering cattle great talent a person of great ability or a powerful tool (from the idiom 割鸡焉用牛刀 gējīyānyòngniúdāo) Frequency Written text 0.327 per million Cross-References Classifier 把 bǎSee 割鸡焉用牛刀 gējīyānyòngniúdāo Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)