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枝叶

zhī yè

2-character word Traditional 枝葉

What 枝叶 means

1. branch and leaf

The characters in 枝叶

• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 叶yèleaf; page; lobe

Example sentences

• 这只是枝叶而已。
  Zhè zhǐshì zhīyè éryǐ.
  It's only leaves and branches.
• 稀疏、低矮、枝叶稀疏的雪松被数量更多、颜色更深、更绿、更茂密的雪松所取代，这些雪松又被高大、枝繁叶茂、结满绿色浆果的树木所取代。
  Scant, low, scraggy cedars gave place to more numerous, darker, greener, bushier ones, and these to high, full-foliaged, green-berried trees.

Sounds the same

Read zhī yè, tone for tone, but written differently.

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