[钻 / 鑽, zuān, ㄗㄨㄢ]to drill; to bore; to get into; to make one's way into; to enter (a hole); to thread one's way through; to study intensively; to dig into; to curry favor for personal gain#4192[Add to Longdo]
[钻牛角尖 / 鑽牛角尖, zuān niú jiǎo jiān, ㄗㄨㄢ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄢ]lit. to hone a bull's horn (成语 saw); fig. 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; to split hairs#40406[Add to Longdo]
[钻空子 / 鑽空子, zuān kòng zi, ㄗㄨㄢ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄗ˙]lit. to drill a hole; to take advantage of a loophole (e.g. legal); to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)#46366[Add to Longdo]