Entry
鑽牛角尖
Source
CEDict 100318
Characters
鑽 牛 角 尖
Miscellaneous
Traditional
鑽牛角尖
Simplified
钻牛角尖
Pinyin
zuan1 niu2 jiao3 jian1
English
lit. to hone 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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