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节外生枝 (節外生枝)

jié wài shēng zhī

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

节
=
艹
+
？
外
=
夕
+
卜
生
=
？
+
？
枝
=
木
+
支

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