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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.metaexert oneself needlessly by studying an insignificant or insoluble problem
他是个爱钻牛角尖的人。
He is a man who loves to get into the thick of things.
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v.metaget into a blind alley; get (oneself) into a dead end
别钻牛角尖了。你知道我指什么。
Don't split hairs. You know what I'm getting at.
与其在自己不满意的个人特征上钻牛角尖,还不如把精力放到我们擅长的事情上。
Instead of dwelling on personal characteristics we are not satisfied with, we ought to focus more on what we are good at.
钻牛角尖的人很难生活得放松一些。
It's hard to get obsessives to take life less seriously.