For pronunciation and definitions of <span class="searchmatch">割</span><span class="searchmatch">鷄</span><span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span> – see <span class="searchmatch">割</span>雞<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span> (“Why use an ox cleaver to kill a chicken?; something of a big calibre is not necessary to handle...
(gɛczi) Sinological IPA (key): /kɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/ <span class="searchmatch">割</span>雞 to kill a chicken (figurative) to deal with a minor issue <span class="searchmatch">割</span>雞<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span> / <span class="searchmatch">割</span>鸡<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span> (gējī yān yòng niúdāo) <span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span><span class="searchmatch">割</span>雞 / <span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span><span class="searchmatch">割</span>鸡...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">割</span>鸡<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span> From the Analects, Book 17 (《論語·陽貨》): 子之武城，聞弦歌之聲，夫子莞爾而笑，曰：「<span class="searchmatch">割</span>雞<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span>。」子游對曰：「昔者，偃也聞諸夫子曰：『君子學道則愛人，小人學道則易使也。』」子曰：「二三子！偃之言是也，前言戲之耳！」 [Traditional...
See also: 杀鸡<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span> See <span class="searchmatch">割</span>雞<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span>／<span class="searchmatch">割</span>鸡<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span> (gējī yān yòng niúdāo). Mandarin (Pinyin): shā jī yān yòng niúdāo (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄧㄢ ㄩㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ Cantonese (Jyutping):...
calque of Literary Chinese <span class="searchmatch">割</span>雞<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span> (gējī yān yòng niúdāo, literally “why use an ox cleaver to kill a chicken?”). 鶏(にわとり)を<span class="searchmatch">割</span>(さ)くにいずくんぞ牛(ぎゅう)刀(とう)を用(もち)いん...
calque of Literary Chinese <span class="searchmatch">割</span>雞<span class="searchmatch">焉用</span><span class="searchmatch">牛刀</span> (gējī yān yòng niúdāo, literally “why use an ox cleaver to kill a chicken?”). 鶏(にわとり)を<span class="searchmatch">割</span>(さ)くになんぞ牛(ぎゅう)刀(とう)を用(もち)いん •...