高射炮打蚊子

Chinese
anti-aircraft gun
 
beat; strike; break; mix up; build; fight; fetch; make; tie up; issue; shoot; calculate; since; from; dozen
 mosquito; fly
simp. and trad.
(高射炮打蚊子)		 高射炮 打 蚊子

Etymology

Literal translation: to shoot a mosquito with an anti-aircraft gun.

First part of a xiehouyu. The second part could be:

  1. 大材小用

Idiom

高射炮打蚊子

  1. to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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