割鶏牛刀

かっけいぎゅうとうkakkeigyuutou

noun

  1. using a meat ax when a knife would suffice
  2. taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut
  3. using a grand-scale measure (a massive instrument) to deal with an insignificant problem

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences