節外生枝
jié​wài​shēng​zhī

to hit a snag

  • created sense approved 节外生枝/節外生枝 · jié​wài​shēng​zhī · to hit a snag — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    节外生枝 / 節外生枝

    jié​wài​shēng​zhī

    to hit a snag

    (idiom) for new problems to arise unexpectedly; to deliberately complicate an issue by raising obstacles or side issues

    节 (literal) → 节/節 · jié · joint 外 (literal) → 外 · wài · outside 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to grow 枝 (literal) → 枝 · zhī · branch

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

    created sense