鼓洪爐燎毛髮

Chinese

 
convex; drum; to rouse; to beat
large oven; great furnace singe head and body hair of a person; trifling matter
trad. (鼓洪爐燎毛髮) 洪爐 毛髮
simp. (鼓洪炉燎毛发) 洪炉 毛发
Literally: “to light a big oven so that one can burn (a person's) body and head hair”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gǔ hónglú liáo máofà, gǔ hónglú liáo máofǎ
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄈㄚˋ, ㄍㄨˇ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄇㄠˊ ㄈㄚˇ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gu2 hung4 lou4 liu4 mou4 faat3

Idiom

鼓洪爐燎毛髮

  1. (archaic) overkill; to go way overboard; to use a sledge hammer to crack a nut

Synonyms

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