dà pào dǎ wén zi

大炮打蚊子 (dà pào dǎ wén zi) is a Chinese word meaning “cannon fire to hit a mosquito; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 大炮打蚊子

大dà · big; large; great炮bāo · to sauté打dá · (loanword) dozen蚊wén · mosquito子zǐ · son

Related words

大big; large; great大see 大夫[dai4 fu5]孩子child打(loanword) dozen打a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打傘|打伞[da3 san3] "to hold an umbrella", 打電話|打电话[da3 dian4 hua4] "to make a phone call", 打針|打针[da3 zhen1] "to get an injection", 打手套[da3 shou3 tao4] "to knit gloves", 打氣|打气[da3 qi4] "to inflate")大家everyone打电话to make a telephone call儿子son房子house打算to plan妻子wife and children妻子wife

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