A Way To Learn Chinese --idiom Story

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With the increasing development of China, in today's world, China plays an increasingly important role in international affairs. Learning Chinese has become a fashion trend in the world. That is to say, Chinese has been a language widely used by a large amount of people in the world. As we all know, there are many ways to learn Chinese. Learning Chinese idioms is a very interesting idea.

In our study or daily life, we could often mention or use some idioms with which we are familiar, for example, “There is a black sheep in every flock” and “The man I have called a miser heaped coals of fire on my head”, but today I will introduce you another idiom called “to rush into a dead end” 钻牛角尖 (zuān niújiǎojiān).

Do you want to learn Chinese online? Here is a famous example. Learning these Chinese idioms and you will find that learning Chinese is so interesting and beautiful.

钻牛角尖 (zuān niújiǎojiān): to rush into a dead end

The Story:
A mouse went into the tip of an ox horn and couldn't get out. The ...
... mouse was in a mad rush to go to the tip of the ox horn. The ox horn advised: "Please go back my friend. The further you go in, the narrower the road would be.” The mouse got angry: "Hum! I am the toughest of heroes. I only move forward, never back!" The ox horn said: "But you are going the wrong way." The mouse insisted: "Thank you, but I have been digging all my life. How could I be wrong?" Soon, this "hero" came to his end and suffocated in the ox horn.

Explanation:
"钻牛角尖 (zuān niújiǎojiān)" refers to someone who wastes time and effort trying to figure out an insignificant or insoluble problem. Sometimes this idiom is used to describe a narrow-minded person.

Usage Example:
Tom: I told Mike that his idea won’t work, but he won’t listen to me.
May: He must run into a dead end again.

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