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大炮打蚊子
Mandarin · pinyin dà pào dǎ wén zi
Meanings
- cannon fire to hit a mosquito
- to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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4–4–3–2–5 · da4 pao4 da3 wen2 zi5
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daai6 paau3 daa2 man1 zi2
Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.