牛角 niújiǎo
niújiǎo
noun
bull horn; cow horn
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '牛角'; Guoyu '牛角')
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- 钻牛角尖(鑽牛角尖) to penetrate into a bull's horn; to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley
- 牛角面包(牛角麵包) croissant
- 牛角挂书(牛角掛書) to hang one's books on cow horns; to be diligent in one's studies
- 牛角椒 Cayenne pepper; red pepper; chili
- 钻牛角(鑽牛角) honing a bull's horn; to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem; to bash one's head against a brick wall; a wild goose chase; a blind alley
- 牛角瓜 crown plant; crown flower; madar
- 牛角包 croissant
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- 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 5
- 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 5
- 卷七十一 皇甫嵩朱儁列傳 Volume 71: Biographies of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3
- 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 3
- 卷五十八 虞傅蓋臧列傳 Volume 58: Biographies of Yu, Fu, Gai, Zang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 3
- 卷四十五 志第二十五: 輿服 Volume 45 Treatises 25: Carriages and Clothes Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 2
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 2
- 卷六十下 蔡邕列傳 Volume 60b: Biography of Cai Yong Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
Collocations
- 击牛角 (擊牛角) 甯戚擊牛角而歌 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十 繆稱訓 Chapter 10: Solemn Precepts — count: 11
- 郊牛角 (郊牛角) 鼷鼠食郊牛角 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 7
- 青牛角 (青牛角) 青牛角 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十一 皇甫嵩朱儁列傳 Volume 71: Biographies of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun — count: 4
- 牛角疾 (牛角疾) 擊牛角疾歌 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷十八 Scroll 18 — count: 3
- 推牛角 (推牛角) 燕推牛角為帥 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七十四上 袁紹劉表列傳 Volume 74a: Biographies of Yuan Shao, Liu Biao 1 — count: 2
- 牛角茧栗 (牛角繭栗) 天地之牛角繭栗 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷七十二 志第二十三: 祭祀一 Volume 72 Treatises 25: Offerings 1 — count: 2
- 童牛角 (童牛角) 童牛角馬 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 2
- 系牛角 (系牛角) 取絹一疋橫繫牛角 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷二十二 列傳第三 豫章文獻王 Volume 22 Biographies 3: Prince Wenxian of Yuzhang — count: 2
- 牛角容 (牛角容) 牛角容一石 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷1 序紀 Volume 1: Preface to Annals — count: 2
- 二牛角 (二牛角) 上植二牛角 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷二百二十二下 列傳第一百四十七下 南蠻下 Volume 222c Biographies 147c: Southern Man 3 — count: 2