Definition & Meaning

1.take unnecessary pains to study an insignificant or insoluble problem

2.get into a dead end

zuān niú jiǎo

钻 牛 角

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1
v.take unnecessary pains to study an insignificant or insoluble problem
- bié zuān niú jiǎo le
  别钻牛角了。
  Don't split hairs.
- tā xǐ huan zuān niú jiǎo
  他喜欢钻牛角。
  He likes to split hairs.
2
v.get into a dead end
- ài zuān niú jiǎo de rén bù jǐn zì jǐ tòng kǔ
  爱钻牛角的人不仅自己痛苦。
  People who love to drill through the horns are not only in pain.

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