wō​jiǎo

very tiny thing

  • created reference approved 蜗角/蝸角 → 蛮触相争/蠻觸相爭 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蜗角 / 蝸角 wō​jiǎo

    蛮触相争 / 蠻觸相爭 mán​chù​xiāng​zhēng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 蜗角/蝸角 · wō​jiǎo · very tiny thing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蜗角 / 蝸角

    wō​jiǎo

    very tiny thing

    snails' tentacles; used to describe something extremely small or insignificant

    guā​jiǎo

    蜗 (literal) → 蜗/蝸 · wō · snail 角 (literal) → 角 · jiǎo · horn

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 蜗角/蝸角 · wō​jiǎo · petty dispute — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    蜗角 / 蝸角

    wō​jiǎo

    petty dispute

    a metaphor for starting a conflict over trivial matters, based on the fable of two kingdoms fighting on the horns of a snail

    guā​jiǎo

    蜗 (literal) → 蜗/蝸 · wō · snail 角 (literal) → 角 · jiǎo · horn

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense