Correct
割鸡焉用牛刀
/ gē jī yān yòng niú dāo /
Strokes
Definition
lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)/fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter/also written 杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
Example
Definition
why kill a chicken with an ox-cleaver—you don't have to crush a fly on the wheel; you don't have to shoot sparrows with artillery; you don't have to break a fly on the wheel