横生枝节 — Chinese idiom
横生枝节
héng shēng zhī jié
Traditional: 橫生枝節
Meaning
- to deliberately complicate an issue
Character by character
- 横hénghorizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 枝zhībranches, limbs; to branch off
- 节jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to s
Idioms sharing a character
- 妙趣横生 miào qù héng shēng
- 尸横遍野 shī héng biàn yě
- 枝节横生 zhī jié héng shēng
- 横七竖八 héng qī shù bā
- 横刀夺爱 héng dāo duó ài
- 横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn
- 横眉怒目 héng méi nù mù
- 横空出世 héng kōng chū shì
- 横行无忌 héng xíng wú jì
- 横冲直撞 héng chōng zhí zhuàng
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