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Definitions3 characters
zuan1 niu2 jiao3
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 and
Usage•••frequent
Pronunciations

As word

1
zuan1
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
2
niu2
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
3
jiao3
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