旁生枝节
páng​shēng​zhī​jié

to cause complications

  • created sense approved 旁生枝节/旁生枝節 · páng​shēng​zhī​jié · to cause complications — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旁生枝节 / 旁生枝節

    páng​shēng​zhī​jié

    to cause complications

    to branch out into unexpected problems or side issues; to introduce complications that hinder progress

    旁生 (literal) → 旁生 · páng​shēng · to grow sideways 枝节 (literal) → 枝节/枝節 · zhī​jié · complications

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense