Entry
钻zuān牛niú角jiǎo尖jiān

  1. 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

    trad. 鑽牛角尖

Also written 鑽牛角尖【zuān niú jiǎo jiān】

Characters in this word

4
尖
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pointed; tapering; sharp, (of a sound) shrill; piercing, (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen, to make (one's voice) shrill, sharp point; tip, the best of sth; the cream of the crop

Pinyin
jiān
Strokes
6
Frequency
11861 of 2500
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