割鸡焉用牛刀 (割雞焉用牛刀) gē jī yān yòng niú dāo

gē jī yān yòng niú dāo phrase why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken?; to waste effort on a trifling matter
Domain: Proverb 谚语
Notes: Also written 杀鸡焉用牛刀 (CC-CEDICT '割雞焉用牛刀')

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• 卷七十三 列傳第二十三: 薛收 姚思廉 顏師古 令狐德棻 孔穎達 Volume 73 Biographies 23: Xue Shou, Yao Silian, Yan Shigu, Linghu Defen, Kong Yingda Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
• 《仲尼弟子列傳》 Biographies of the disciples of Zhongni Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
• 17. 《陽貨》 Yang Huo The Analects of Confucius 論語 — count: 1
• 《陽貨第十七》 Commentary on Yang Huo XVII Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
• 第六十三回 Chapter 63 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 第五回 Chapter 5 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1