钻牛角尖
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; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley
idiomverb
Traditional: 鑽牛角尖
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- (idiom, verb) lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); 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
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Related Words
钻牛角(zuān niú jiǎo)— lit. honing a bull's horn; 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
→一人得道，鸡犬升天(yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān)— lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
→一夫当关，万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)— one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
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