"殺雞焉用牛刀" meaning in All languages combined

See 殺雞焉用牛刀 on Wiktionary

Proverb [Chinese]

IPA: /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ²² ŋɐu̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/, /saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ²² ŋɐu̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: shā jī yān yòng niúdāo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄧㄢ ㄩㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saat³ gai¹ jin¹ jung⁶ ngau⁴ dou¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], shā jī yān yòng niúdāo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sha ji yan yòng nióudao [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], sha¹ chi¹ yen¹ yung⁴ niu²-tao¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shā jī yān yùng nyóu-dāu [Mandarin, Yale], sha ji ian yonq nioudau [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], ша цзи янь юн нюдао [Mandarin, Palladius], ša czi janʹ jun njudao [Mandarin, Palladius], saat gāi yīn yuhng ngàuh dōu [Cantonese, Yale], saat⁸ gai¹ jin¹ jung⁶ ngau⁴ dou¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sad³ gei¹ yin¹ yung⁶ ngeo⁴ dou¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 杀鸡焉用牛刀
Etymology: See 割雞焉用牛刀/割鸡焉用牛刀 (gējī yān yòng niúdāo). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|割雞焉用牛刀}} 割雞焉用牛刀/割鸡焉用牛刀 (gējī yān yòng niúdāo) Head templates: {{head|zh|proverb}} 殺雞焉用牛刀
  1. (rhetorical question) Synonym of 割雞焉用牛刀/割鸡焉用牛刀 (gējī yān yòng niúdaō). Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Chinese rhetorical questions Synonyms: 割雞焉用牛刀 [synonym, synonym-of], 割鸡焉用牛刀 [synonym, synonym-of], 割雞焉用牛刀/割鸡焉用牛刀 (gējī yān yòng niúdāo), 割雞焉用牛刀 (gējī yān yòng niúdāo), 割鸡焉用牛刀 (gējī yān yòng niúdāo)
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          "ref": " 2007: anon., Hard coding (寫死)",
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      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄧㄢ ㄩㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ"
    },
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    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shā jī yān yòng niúdāo"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "sha ji yan yòng nióudao"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sha¹ chi¹ yen¹ yung⁴ niu²-tao¹"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shā jī yān yùng nyóu-dāu"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sha ji ian yonq nioudau"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ша цзи янь юн нюдао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ša czi janʹ jun njudao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat gāi yīn yuhng ngàuh dōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat⁸ gai¹ jin¹ jung⁶ ngau⁴ dou¹"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sad³ gei¹ yin¹ yung⁶ ngeo⁴ dou¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ²² ŋɐu̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ²² ŋɐu̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/"
    }
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  "word": "殺雞焉用牛刀"
}
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          "english": "Besides this, there are times when one creates a simple application in order to meet a special requirement. Perhaps the application will only be run once, or will never doing anything else but that one task. In such cases, why use an ox cleaver to kill a chicken? In terms of shortening development time, hard coding would not be a bad strategy.",
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄚ ㄐㄧ ㄧㄢ ㄩㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "saat³ gai¹ jin¹ jung⁶ ngau⁴ dou¹"
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "shā jī yān yòng niúdāo"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
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    },
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        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "sha¹ chi¹ yen¹ yung⁴ niu²-tao¹"
    },
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        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "shā jī yān yùng nyóu-dāu"
    },
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sha ji ian yonq nioudau"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ша цзи янь юн нюдао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ša czi janʹ jun njudao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat gāi yīn yuhng ngàuh dōu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "saat⁸ gai¹ jin¹ jung⁶ ngau⁴ dou¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sad³ gei¹ yin¹ yung⁶ ngeo⁴ dou¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ²² ŋɐu̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂä⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵ jɛn⁵⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/saːt̚³ kɐi̯⁵⁵ jiːn⁵⁵ jʊŋ²² ŋɐu̯²¹ tou̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "gējī yān yòng niúdāo",
      "word": "割雞焉用牛刀/割鸡焉用牛刀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gējī yān yòng niúdāo",
      "word": "割雞焉用牛刀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gējī yān yòng niúdāo",
      "word": "割鸡焉用牛刀"
    }
  ],
  "word": "殺雞焉用牛刀"
}

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