Entry
节jié外wài生shēng枝zhī

  1. (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly

    trad. 節外生枝

Also written 節外生枝【jié wài shēng zhī】

Characters in this word

4
生
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to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born, to arise; to occur, to light (a fire), to live; to be alive, life, raw; uncooked; unprocessed, unfamiliar; strange, (bound form) student; person engaged in a field, (bound form) male role in traditional opera, (bound form) life; lifetime, (bound form) means of livelihood, (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼[sheng1 teng2]), (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽[sheng1 la1 ying4 zhuai4])

Pinyin
shēng
Strokes
5
Frequency
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