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钻牛角尖

zuān niú jiǎo jiān

4-character word Traditional 鑽牛角尖

What 钻牛角尖 means

1. lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); 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

The characters in 钻牛角尖

• 钻zuānto drill; to bore; to get into
• 牛niúox; cow; bull
• 角jiǎoangle; corner; horn
• 尖jiānpointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing…