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细枝末节

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4-character word Traditional 細枝末節

What 细枝末节 means

1. minor details
2. trifles

The characters in 细枝末节

• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
• 末mòtip; end; final stage
• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…

Example sentences

• 为什么我们纠缠细枝末节而不进入正题呢？
  Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?
• 为什么我们不停止纠缠细枝末节而进入正题呢？
  Wèishénme wǒmen bù tíngzhǐ jiūchán xìzhīmòjié ér jìnrù zhèng tí ne?
  Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?