杀鸡焉用牛刀 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 殺雞焉用牛刀 shājīyānyòngniúdāo ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄧㄢ ㄩㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken? (fig.) there's no need to use great ability or resources for a trivial task lit. Character by character 杀(shā)kill 鸡(jī)fowl 焉(yān)where 用(yòng)use 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