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枝繁叶茂

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4-character word Traditional 枝繁葉茂

What 枝繁叶茂 means

1. (of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish

The characters in 枝繁叶茂

• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 繁fáncomplicated; many; in great numbers
• 叶yèleaf; page; lobe
• 茂màoluxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene

Example sentences

• 她与强大的祖琳女王有着密切的血缘关系，她的家在一棵枝繁叶茂的橡树荫下。
  She was closely related to the mighty Queen Zurline, and her home was beneath the shade of a widespreading oak.
• 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.