take unnecessary pains to study an insignificant problem

take unnecessary pains to study an insignificant problem

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zu ā NNI ú Ji ǎ Oji ā n, which refers to a person's inflexibility when he is in trouble. It's from divine boxing.

The origin of Idioms

Lao She's "magic fist" act 3: "everything should be left room, don't die in a corner."

Idiom usage

As a predicate, attribute, object, adverbial; used in dealing with affairs

Idiom story

Don't go to the top of a bull's horn. It can't get out, but it's still trying to get in. Niujiao said to him, "my friend, please exit. The more you drill in, the narrower the road is." The mouse said angrily, "hum! I am a hero who will never return. I can only advance, but never retreat! " "But you're on the wrong road!" "Thank you," said the mouse, sticking to his own opinion. "I've always lived through a hole in my life. How can I be wrong?" Before long, the "hero" was suffocated in the corner of the ox. (from selected Chinese fables in the 20th century, Hubei Education Press)