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Definition(s) for: 钻牛角尖

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
钻牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān - lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); 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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 24,454 40,406 18,715

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
钻 zuàn- variant of 鑽|钻[zuan4]
钻 zuān- 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
钻 zuàn- drill; auger
- diamond
牛 niú- surname Niu
牛 niú- ox
- cow
- bull
- CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]
- newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4])
- (slang) awesome
角 jué- surname Jue
角 jiǎo- angle
- corner
- horn
- horn-shaped
- unit of money equal to 0.1 yuan, or 10 cents (a dime)
- CL:個|个[ge4]
角 jué- role (theater)
- to compete
- ancient three legged wine vessel
- third note of pentatonic scale
尖 jiān- pointed; tapering; sharp
- (of a sound) shrill; piercing
- (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp; acute; keen
- to make (one's voice) shrill
- sharp point; tip
- the best of sth; the cream of the crop

Other Words Containing 钻牛角尖

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
钻牛角尖 - - 24,454 40,406 18,715