橫生枝節

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Chinese

unruly; horizontal; across
unruly; horizontal; across; (horizontal character stroke)
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
branch; (a measure word)
festival; section; segment
festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
 
trad. (橫生枝節)
simp. (横生枝节)

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Idiom

橫生枝節

  1. to raise unexpected difficulties; to deliberately complicate an issue

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