钻牛角 a blind alley - Chinese-English Dictionary

钻牛角

鑽牛角

zuān niú jiǎo

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a blind alley

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a wild goose chase / to bash one's head against a brick wall / to split hairs / a blind alley / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / lit. honing a bull's horn / same as idiom é‘½ç‰›è§’å°–|é’»ç‰›è§’å°–/

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Cantofish: 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 æˆè¯ saw é‘½ç‰›è§’å°–|é’»ç‰›è§’å°–

MDBG: 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 é‘½ç‰›è§’å°–|é’»ç‰›è§’å°–

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