created reference approved 不蔓不枝 → 拖泥带水/拖泥帶水 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不蔓不枝 bùmànbùzhī
拖泥带水 / 拖泥帶水 tuōnídàishuǐ
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Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created reference approved 不蔓不枝 → 节外生枝/節外生枝 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不蔓不枝 bùmànbùzhī
节外生枝 / 節外生枝 jiéwàishēngzhī
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Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type
created sense approved 不蔓不枝 · bùmànbùzhī · concise and succinct — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
不蔓不枝
bùmànbùzhī
concise and succinct
Literally meaning a lotus stalk that is straight without creeping vines or side branches; used to describe speech or writing that is clear, direct, and free of unnecessary details.
búmànbùzhī
不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 蔓 (literal) → 蔓 · màn · vine (literary) 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 枝 (literal) → 枝 · zhī · branch
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition