小试牛刀 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 小試牛刀 xiǎoshìniúdāo ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom) Character by character 小(xiǎo)small 试(shì)test 牛(niú)surname Niu 刀(dāo)surname Dao A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0