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 ㄆㄥㄐㄧ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niúdǐngpēngjī
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄆㄥㄐㄧ
  - 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

to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
Synonyms: 大材小用 (dàcái-xiǎoyòng), 大器小用 (dàqì-xiǎoyòng)

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