giết gà dùng dao mổ trâu
overkill
proverb
overkill
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proverb
overkill
A phrase used when someone puts too much effort into a small task.
vi Giải quyết việc này mà huy động nhiều người như vậy thì đúng là giết gà dùng dao mổ trâu.
en Using so many people to solve this task is truly overkill.
Parts
𢷄𤠄拥謠𠝺𤠋
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Parts
𢷄𤠄拥謠𠝺𤠋
Chinese characters
Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
𢷄𤠄拥謠𠝺𤠋
Candidates by syllable
giết
𢷄（𤄌）
gà
𤠄（𪃴）
dùng
拥（𨀍）
dao
謠（瑤）
mổ
𠝺（𠝼）
trâu
𤠋（𤛠）
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
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