鑽牛角 [钻－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. lit. honing a bull's horn; fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem
  2. to bash one's head against a brick wall
  3. a wild goose chase
  4. a blind alley
  5. to split hairs
  6. same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你唔好自己一个人喺度钻牛角尖啦，有咩就同人讲下。
    你唔好自己一個人喺度鑽牛角尖啦，有咩就同人講下。
    nei5 m4 hou2 zi6 gei2 jat1 go3 jan2 hai2 dou6 zyun3 ngau4 gok3 zim1 laa1, jau5 me1 zau6 tung4 jan4 gong2 haa5.
    • Do not get yourself into a dead end. Go to talk to someone else.