Learn more about 鑽牛角
| Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Traditional Chinese | Pinyin | English Definition for Chinese Text |
|---|---|---|
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鑽
|
to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain | |
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牛
|
ox / cow / bull / (slang) awesome / surname niu | |
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角
|
angle / corner / horn / horn-shaped / unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan |
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