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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 割雞焉用牛刀 [ㄍㄜ ㄐㄧ ㄧㄢ ㄩㄥˋ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄠ; ge1 ji1 yan1 yong4 niu2 dao1]
 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken?
 to waste effort on a trifling matter (idiom)
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