大炮打蚊子 dà pào dǎ wén zi

to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
  2. 2. cannon fire to hit a mosquito

Characters

Character Meaning
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
炮 pào HSK 5
cannon; firecracker; variant of 炮pào
打 dǎ HSK 1
to hit; to strike; to beat
蚊 wén
mosquito; old variant of 蚊wén
子 zi HSK 1
(noun suffix); son; child