節上生枝
jié​shàng​shēng​zhī

to encounter complications

  • created reference approved 节上生枝/節上生枝 → 横生枝节/橫生枝節 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    节上生枝 / 節上生枝 jié​shàng​shēng​zhī

    横生枝节 / 橫生枝節 héng​shēng​zhī​jié

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 节上生枝/節上生枝 · jié​shàng​shēng​zhī · to encounter complications — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    节上生枝 / 節上生枝

    jié​shàng​shēng​zhī

    to encounter complications

    Literally "a new branch grows out of a knot"; used to describe a situation where one complication or side issue after another arises.

    节 (literal) → 节/節 · jié · joint 上 (literal) → 上 · shang · on 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to grow 枝 (literal) → 枝 · zhī · branch

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

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