1 surname Niu

1 cow's milk

2 classifier: 瓶 píng

3 classifier: 杯 bēi

1 beef

1 Taurus (star sign)

2 Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan

1 Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)

2 fig. a drop in the ocean

1 tremendous strength (idiom)

1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)

2 fig. the young are fearless

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 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)