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Jyutping saat3 gai1 jin1 jung6 ngau4 dou1
Pinyin shā jī yān yòng niú dāo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. don't use a sledgehammer on a nut
  2. aquila non capit muscam
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    唔​需要​大材小用​,​或者​唔​需要​花太大氣力​去​做​啲​小事
    don't use a sledgehammer on a nut
    • 殺雞焉用牛刀呢?咁小事,等我出面啦。
      杀鸡焉用牛刀呢?咁小事,等我出面啦。
      saat3 gai1 jin1 jung6 ngau4 dou1 ne1? gam3 siu2 si6, dang2 ngo5 ceot1 min2 laa1.
      Why not stay simple? It's just a small case, let me deal with it.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb
    Synonym of 割雞焉用牛刀/割鸡焉用牛刀 (gējī yān yòng niúdaō).
    (syn.) 割鸡焉用牛刀, 割雞焉用牛刀
    • 除此之外有時候因應某些特殊的需求,製作出簡單的應用程式,應用程式可能只會執行一次,或者永遠只應付一種需求,殺雞焉用牛刀,寫死來縮短開發的時間,也是一種不錯的決策。
      除此之外有时候因应某些特殊的需求,制作出简单的应用程式,应用程式可能只会执行一次,或者永远只应付一种需求,杀鸡焉用牛刀,写死来缩短开发的时间,也是一种不错的决策。
      chú cǐ zhī wài yǒu shí hòu yīn yìng mǒu xiē tè shū de xū qiú , zhì zuò chū jiǎn dān de yìng yòng chéng shì , yìng yòng chéng shì kě néng zhǐ huì zhí xíng yī cì , huò zhě yǒng yuǎn zhǐ yìng fù yī zhǒng xū qiú , shā jī yān yòng niú dāo , xiě sǐ lái suō duǎn kāi fā de shí jiān , yě shì yī zhǒng bù cuò de jué cè .
      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.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    杀鸡焉用牛刀。
    殺雞焉用牛刀。
    shā jī yān yòng niú dāo 。
    • Never use a cannon to kill a fly.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    杀鸡焉用牛刀呢?咁小事,等我出面啦。
    殺雞焉用牛刀呢?咁小事,等我出面啦。
    saat3 gai1 jin1 jung6 ngau4 dou1 ne1? gam3 siu2 si6, dang2 ngo5 ceot1 min2 laa1.
    • Why not stay simple? It's just a small case, let me deal with it.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    除此之外有时候因应某些特殊的需求,制作出简单的应用程式,应用程式可能只会执行一次,或者永远只应付一种需求,杀鸡焉用牛刀,写死来缩短开发的时间,也是一种不错的决策。
    除此之外有時候因應某些特殊的需求,製作出簡單的應用程式,應用程式可能只會執行一次,或者永遠只應付一種需求,殺雞焉用牛刀,寫死來縮短開發的時間,也是一種不錯的決策。
    chú cǐ zhī wài yǒu shí hòu yīn yìng mǒu xiē tè shū de xū qiú , zhì zuò chū jiǎn dān de yìng yòng chéng shì , yìng yòng chéng shì kě néng zhǐ huì zhí xíng yī cì , huò zhě yǒng yuǎn zhǐ yìng fù yī zhǒng xū qiú , shā jī yān yòng niú dāo , xiě sǐ lái suō duǎn kāi fā de shí jiān , yě shì yī zhǒng bù cuò de jué cè .
    • 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.