牛角尖 niújiǎojiān pointless problem Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 牛角尖 niújiǎojiān pointless problem (metaphor) an insignificant, trifling, or unsolvable problem that is not worth pursuing; often used in the phrase 钻牛角尖 zuānniújiǎojiān to mean hairsplitting or overthinking tip of a horn the tip of an ox's or cow's horn Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.254 per million Cross-References See 钻牛角尖 zuānniújiǎojiān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
牛角尖 niújiǎojiān pointless problem (metaphor) an insignificant, trifling, or unsolvable problem that is not worth pursuing; often used in the phrase 钻牛角尖 zuānniújiǎojiān to mean hairsplitting or overthinking tip of a horn the tip of an ox's or cow's horn Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.254 per million Cross-References See 钻牛角尖 zuānniújiǎojiān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
