枝节横生 — Chinese idiom
枝节横生
zhī jié héng shēng
Traditional: 枝節橫生
Meaning
- side issues keep arising
Character by character
- 枝zhībranches, limbs; to branch off
- 节jiéfestival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to s
- 横hénghorizontal, across; unreasonable, harsh
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
Idioms sharing a character
- 一枝独秀 yī zhī dú xiù
- 有枝有叶 yǒu zhī yǒu yè
- 横生枝节 héng shēng zhī jié
- 节上生枝 jié shàng shēng zhī
- 节外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī
- 粗枝大叶 cū zhī dà yè
- 花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn
- 金枝玉叶 jīn zhī yù yè
- 不拘小节 bù jū xiǎo jié
- 勤俭节约 qín jiǎn jié yuē
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