钻牛角
钻牛角
zuān niú jiǎo
lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley
verb
Traditional: 鑽牛角
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- (verb) lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
- to bash one's head against a brick wall
- a wild goose chase
- a blind alley
- to split hairs
- same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
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Related Words
钻牛角尖(zuān niú jiǎo jiān)— lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
→趋之若鹜(qū zhī ruò wù)— to rush like ducks (idiom); the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable
→一壁(yī bì)— one side
→一寸光阴一寸金(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn)— lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
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