to chase women / to express oneself in a pompous flowery style
钻牛角尖
zuān niú jiǎo jiān
lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / 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
to expel / to oust / (dialect) to chase after / to try to catch up with
趋之若鹜
qū zhī ruò wù
to rush like ducks (idiom) / the mob scrabbles madly for sth unobtainable / an unruly crowd on a wild goose chase
白跑一趟
bái pǎo yī tàng
to go on an errand for nothing / to go on a wild-goose chase
钻牛角
zuān niú jiǎo
lit. honing a bull's horn / 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 / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖
追龙
zhuī lóng
(slang) to inhale the vapor from heroin heated on a piece of aluminum foil / to chase the dragon