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鶏を割くにいずくんぞ牛刀を用いん

(Redirected from 鶏を割くに焉んぞ牛刀を用いん)

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
鶏 割 牛 刀 用
にわとり
Grade: S 		さ
Grade: 6 		ぎゅう
Grade: 2 		とう
Grade: 2 		もち
Grade: 2
kun’yomi kan’on kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
鷄を割くにいずくんぞ牛刀を用いん (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

From the Analects of Confucius,[1][2] a calque of Literary Chinese 割雞焉用牛刀 (gējī yān yòng niúdāo, literally “why use an ox cleaver to kill a chicken?”).

Proverb edit

鶏(にわとり)を割(さ)くにいずくんぞ牛(ぎゅう)刀(とう)を用(もち)いん • (niwatori o saku ni izukunzo gyūtō o mochiin) 

  1. something big is not necessary to handle small problems

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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