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杀鸡焉用牛刀

Word

(lit.) why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken?; (fig.) there's no need to use great ability or resources for a trivial task

Traditional
殺雞焉用牛刀

shā jī yān yòng niú dāo

sha1ji1yan1yong4niu2dao1

Meaning

  1. (lit.) why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken?; (fig.) there's no need to use great ability or resources for a trivial task CC-CEDICT

Characters in 杀鸡焉用牛刀

杀shā鸡jī焉yān用yòng牛niú刀dāo
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