中文 Chinese

• 割雞焉用牛刀
• 割鸡焉用牛刀

英文 English Explain:

• lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
• fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
• also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[sha1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]

割雞焉用牛刀 割鸡焉用牛刀 English Pronunciation:

• [ge1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]