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节上生枝

jié shàng shēng zhī

4-character word Traditional 節上生枝

What 节上生枝 means

1. a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising

The characters in 节上生枝

• 节jiéjoint; node; (bound form) section; segment; solar term…
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 枝zhībranch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc