割鸡焉用牛刀

gē jī yān yòng niú dāo

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3. also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]

Child Words of 割鸡焉用牛刀

刀
dāo

knife

割
gē

to cut

牛
niú

ox

用
yòng

to use

鸡
jī

fowl

焉
yān

where