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钻牛角

zuān niú jiǎo

3-character word Traditional 鑽牛角

What 钻牛角 means

1. lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
2. to bash one's head against a brick wall
3. a wild goose chase
4. a blind alley
5. to split hairs
6. same as idiom 钻牛角尖

The characters in 钻牛角

• 钻zuānto drill; to bore; to get into
• 牛niúox; cow; bull
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn

Words starting with 钻牛角

• 钻牛角尖zuān niú jiǎo jiānlit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or…

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