にわとりをさくになんぞぎゅうとうをもちいん

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For pronunciation and definitions of にわとりをさくになんぞぎゅうとうをもちいん – see the following entry.
鶏を割くになんぞ牛刀を用いん
[proverb] something big is not necessary to handle small problems
(This term, にわとりをさくになんぞぎゅうとうをもちいん (niwatoriosakuninanzogyūtōomochīn), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)