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杀鸡焉用牛刀 | shā jī yān yòng niú dāo | To kill a chicken why use a knife that can kill a cow. (literal) • Take not a musket to kill a butterfly. • Send not for a hatchet to break open an egg. • Never draw your dirk when a dunt will do. • Break not a butterfly on the wheel. [源] 论语·阳货:“夫子莞尔而笑曰,杀鸡焉用牛刀。” 《论语》原文为“割鸡焉用牛刀”。 |