高射炮打蚊子

Chinese

		anti-aircraft gun	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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gāoshèpào dǎ wénzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄠ ㄕㄜˋ ㄆㄠˋ ㄉㄚˇ ㄨㄣˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gaoshèpào dǎ wúnzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kao¹-shê⁴-pʻao⁴ ta³ wên²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: gāu-shè-pàu dǎ wén-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaushehpaw daa wen.tzy
    • Palladius: гаошэпао да вэньцзы (gaošɛpao da vɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰɑʊ̯⁵¹ tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

Idiom

高射炮打蚊子

1. to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut