jié wài shēng zhī

Traditional: 節外生枝

节外生枝 (jié wài shēng zhī) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly

Characters in 节外生枝

节jié · joint; node外wài · outside生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born枝zhī · branch

Related words

先生teacher发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner节目(TV or radio) program; show生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)生to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born外面outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)另外additional外outside生气to get angry; to be furious生日birthday

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