高射炮打蚊子

Chinese

anti-aircraft artillery; triple A
beat; strike; break
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 
 mosquito; fly
trad. (高射炮打蚊子) 高射炮 打 蚊子
simp. #(高射炮打蚊子) 高射炮 打 蚊子
Literally: “to shoot a mosquito with an anti-aircraft gun”.

Etymology

First part of a xiehouyu. The second part could be:

  1. 大材小用 (dàcái-xiǎoyòng)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gāoshèpào dǎ wénzi
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄠ ㄕㄜˋ ㄆㄠˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ ˙ㄗ

Idiom

高射炮打蚊子

  1. to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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