牛角 - niú jiǎo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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牛角

niú jiǎo

Definition

cow horn

Character Decomposition

Related words (3)

croissant

croissant

(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

Idioms (2)

牛角掛書

niú jiǎo guà shū

(lit.) to hang one's books on cow horns (idiom); (fig.) to be diligent in one's studies

鑽牛角尖

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

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