牛鼎烹雞niú dǐng pēng jīcook a chicken in a large cauldron for boiling a cow—employ a steam hammer to crack anut; use talented people for trivial tasks; waste one’s talent on a petty job
? 尊敬的教授先生！ 您怎么還在做這些抄寫、剪貼工作？ 這不成了～了嗎？他們應(yīng)該給您配備一些助手。Our respectable professor! Why are you still doing such copying,scissors and paste work? This is a waste of great talent. They should provide some assistants for you. 牛鼎烹雞niu ding peng jicook chicken in a huge ox-cooking vessel—use talented people for trivial tasks 牛鼎烹雞niú dǐnɡ pēnɡ jī鼎：古代的一種烹煮的器物。烹：煮。用煮一頭牛的大鍋來煮一只雞。比喻大材小用。swat a fly with a cannon, waste one’s talent on a petty job |