牛鼎烹雞

Chinese

		ox; cow; bull	ancient bronze cauldron; throne; (Min) wok	cuisine; cooking	fowl; chicken
trad. (牛鼎烹雞/牛鼎烹鷄)		牛	鼎	烹	雞/鷄
simp. (牛鼎烹鸡)		牛	鼎	烹	鸡
Literally: “to use a beef cauldron to cook chicken”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niúdǐngpēngjī

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄆㄥ ㄐㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niúdǐngpēngjī
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄆㄥ ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nióudǐngpengji
    • Wade–Giles: niu²-ting³-pʻêng¹-chi¹
    • Yale: nyóu-dǐng-pēng-jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nioudiingpengji
    • Palladius: нюдинпэнцзи (njudinpɛnczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ tiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵⁵/

Idiom

牛鼎烹雞

1. to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut

   Synonyms: 大材小用 (dàcái-xiǎoyòng), 大器小用 (dàqì-xiǎoyòng)