1 to dominate

2 to rule

3 to dictate

4 master

1 to cut

2 to cut apart

1 to cut up

2 to break up

1 to cut

1 to part with sth cherished

2 to forsake

1 to get trampled on (idiom)

2 to be taken advantage of

1 to cut flesh from one's thigh to nourish a sick parent (idiom)

2 filial thigh-cutting

1 to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)

2 to break all friendly ties

1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)

2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter

3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]

1 Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures