高射炮打蚊子,大材小用 高射炮打蚊子,大材小用 高射炮打蚊子,大材小用

shooting a mosquito with an anti-aircraft gun: big material, small use

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Wasting great talent on a trivial task. Sympathetic or humorous.
Simplified
高射炮打蚊子,大材小用
Pinyin
gāoshèpào dǎ wénzi, dàcáixiǎoyòng
Bopomofo
ㄍㄠ ㄕㄜˋ ㄆㄠˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ ˙ㄗ,ㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄩㄥˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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