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

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鑽牛角 (钻牛角)

zuān niú jiǎo

Definition

(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

Character Decomposition

Idioms (1)

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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