Read Edit View history 牛角尖 niújiǎojiān pointless problem Origin Definitions Defs 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)