節外生枝

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Chinese

festival; section; segment
festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate
 
outside; in addition; foreign
outside; in addition; foreign; external
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
branch; (a measure word)
trad. (節外生枝)
simp. (节外生枝)

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節外生枝

  1. new issues or troubles crop up from an already-existing problem