1 pagoda

2 tower

3 minaret

4 stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)

5 classifier: 座 zuò

1 point (of needle)

2 sharp

3 shrewd

4 pointed

1 to screech

2 to shriek

1 pyramid (building or structure)

1 iron tower

1 sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom); by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity

2 many a mickle makes a muckle

1 sharply opposed to each other, with neither prepared to give an inch (idiom)

1 lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom); fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem

2 to bash one's head against a brick wall

3 a wild goose chase

4 a blind alley

5 to split hairs