节上生枝
Traditional form:
節上生枝
Pinyin (reading):
jiéshàngshēngzhī
Definitions:
- a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
Characters:
- 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 生 - life, lifetime; birth; growth
- 枝 - branches, limbs; to branch off
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