节外生枝 jiéwàishēngzhī to hit a snag Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 节外生枝 節外生枝 jiéwàishēngzhī to hit a snag (idiom) for new problems to arise unexpectedly; to deliberately complicate an issue by raising obstacles or side issues Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.419 per million Cross-References Referenced by 不蔓不枝 bùmànbùzhī Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
节外生枝 節外生枝 jiéwàishēngzhī to hit a snag (idiom) for new problems to arise unexpectedly; to deliberately complicate an issue by raising obstacles or side issues Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.419 per million Cross-References Referenced by 不蔓不枝 bùmànbùzhī Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
