钻牛角尖 zuānniújiǎojiān to split hairs Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān//niújiǎojiān to split hairs To waste time or energy on insignificant or insoluble problems; to be overly stubborn or obsessive about a dead end. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.720 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.858 per million Cross-References Variant of 钻牛角 zuānniújiǎo钻牛犄角 zuānniújījiǎoReferenced by 牛角尖 niújiǎojiān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān//niújiǎojiān to split hairs To waste time or energy on insignificant or insoluble problems; to be overly stubborn or obsessive about a dead end. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.720 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.858 per million Cross-References Variant of 钻牛角 zuānniújiǎo钻牛犄角 zuānniújījiǎoReferenced by 牛角尖 niújiǎojiān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
