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| Processed by: | richwarm (2018-12-21 23:59:54 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 61944 - submitted by 'sl89' >> 【Wenlin】 id. show sth. of one's ability 【LAC】 比喻有大才能的人，先在小事上施展一下。 他果然是足球高手，只是一个盘球动作，〜，就已震惊全场。 【MoE】 牛刀, 殺牛用的刀, 比喻極大的才幹、本領。小試牛刀比喻有大才幹的人稍微顯露一下他的本事。如：「這件事對你來說, 不過是小試牛刀而已, 你又何必吝嗇幫忙呢？」 中国国家棒球队首次参赛是12年前在亚洲杯赛中小试牛刀。 The Chinese national Baseball team's first taste of competition was 12 years ago in the Asian Cup. 在纳斯达克上市的新浪公司计划推出微博英文版并使之国际化，现在公司已经在日本小试牛刀。 Nadaq-listed Sina plans to internationalise Weibo in English and has already started by taking it to Japan. 自打8岁时在一场喜剧中小试牛刀后，妈妈便下定决心要好好培养这个宝贝儿子。 At the age of 8, he played in a comedy which made his mother decided to train him better in acting. ----------------------------- Editor: the other way around, too ~ 牛刀小試 e.g. 肯特在勃靈頓城郊花園的牛刀小試之後，又與其他造園家在爵爺們遼闊的鄉間莊園裡一展身手，成為創造自然園林先驅。 After his experiment in Burlington's suburban garden, Kent went to work with other gardeners in large country estates and became the pioneer of the natural style. |
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# 小試牛刀 小试牛刀 [xiao3 sh14 niu2 dao1] /to start by making a small demonstration of one's ability (idiom)/ # Editor: + 小試牛刀 小试牛刀 [xiao3 shi4 niu2 dao1] /to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)/ + 牛刀小試 牛刀小试 [niu2 dao1 xiao3 shi4] /see 小試牛刀|小试牛刀[xiao3 shi4 niu2 dao1]/ |