English translation for "牛刀"

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butcher's knife 短语和例子
割鸡焉用牛刀? why use a butcher's chopper to kill a chicken? -- making unnecessarily great efforts to do trivial things; wasting of talent on trivialities

Related Translations:

牛刀割鸡:  kill a chicken with a butcher's big knife; great talent used in petty things

小试牛刀:  try one's hand at; display only a small part of one's talent; make a casual demonstration of one's capability; show sth. of one's ability

牛刀杀鸡:  over design

杀鸡焉用牛刀:  he takes a spear to kill a fly

Example Sentences:

	1.	Dryden : the u . s . team is playing tentative hockey tonight , al 美国队今晚才开始小试牛刀
	2.	Take not a musket to kill a butterfly 谚小题大做；杀鸡焉用牛刀。
	3.	Take not a musket to kill a butterfly 小题大做；杀鸡焉用牛刀。
	4.	I know , tony , but that ' s like going after a fly with a bazooka 我知道,托尼,但这就好像用牛刀杀鸡一样
	5.	Send not for a hatchet with which to break open an egg 别为了破一个鸡蛋而叫人去取斧头? ?杀鸡焉用牛刀。
	6.	Jim craig tested for the first time Jim craig小试牛刀
	7.	In the damn bushes with a butcher knife ready to kill a bitch 带着一把宰牛刀等在灌木丛里打算干掉这个女人
	8.	In the damn bushes with a butcher knife ready to kill a bitch 带着一把宰牛刀等在灌木丛里打算干掉这个女人
	9.	" kung fu king with yellow fir " this small commercial for my uncle is just a small try "黄马衫的功夫王" .这个为我叔叔拍的广告只是小试牛刀

Similar Words：

"牛胆汁膏" English translation, "牛胆汁灌肠" English translation, "牛胆汁浸膏" English translation, "牛胆汁热" English translation, "牛蛋氨生长素" English translation, "牛刀割鸡" English translation, "牛刀杀鸡" English translation, "牛刀小试" English translation, "牛岛" English translation, "牛岛正" English translation