钻 - zuān - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

(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

钻空子

zuān kòng zi

(lit.) to drill a hole; to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

钻井平台

zuān jǐng píng tái

(oil) drilling platform

钻木取火

zuān mù qǔ huǒ

to drill wood to make fire

crafty; tricky

to start drilling

milling crowds

to study diligently

Idioms (6)

钻坚仰高

zuān jiān yǎng gāo

(lit.) looking up to it, it gets higher; boring into it, it gets harder (idiom) (from Analects); (fig.) to delve deeply into one's studies; meticulous and diligent study

钻故纸堆

zuān gù zhǐ duī

to dig into piles of outdated writings (idiom); to study old books and papers

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; to split hairs

敲钉钻脚

qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo

to make doubly sure (idiom)

无孔不钻

wú kǒng bù zuān

(lit.) leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity

见缝就钻

jiàn fèng jiù zuān

(lit.) to squeeze into every crack (idiom); (fig.) to make the most of every opportunity

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