节上生枝

Traditional: 節上生枝

jié shàng shēng zhī

Dictionary entry

a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising

What does 节上生枝 mean?

节上生枝 (jié shàng shēng zhī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising

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节jiēsee 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]上shǎngused in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 枝zhībranch · classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

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节上生枝

jié shàng shēng zhī

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