節外生枝

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)		節	外	生	枝
simp. (节外生枝)		节	外	生	枝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéwàishēngzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ ngoi⁶ sang¹ zi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéwàishēngzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéwàishengjhih
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-wai⁴-shêng¹-chih¹
    • Yale: jyé-wài-shēng-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyewayshengjy
    • Palladius: цзевайшэнчжи (czevajšɛnčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ waɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ ngoi⁶ sang¹ zi¹
    • Yale: jit ngoih sāng jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ ngoi⁶ sang¹ dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ ngoi⁶ seng¹ ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ ŋɔːi̯²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

節外生枝

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