節外生枝 (zit3 ngoi6 sang1 zi1 | jie2 wai4 sheng1 zhi1) : [1] side issues or new problems crop up unexpectedly [2] deliberately complicate issues by raising obstacles

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節外生枝

zit3 ngoi6 sang1 zi1

jie2 wai4 sheng1 zhi1

[1] side issues or new problems crop up unexpectedly [2] deliberately complicate issues by raising obstacles

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

節外生枝 / 节外生枝

This word was added by bernard on 15th Dec 2008 23:19

Characters in this word:

節 zit3 - festival, holiday; seasons
外 ngoi6 - external, foreign; alienate
生 saang1 sang1 - life; birth
枝 zi1 kei4 - branch

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快要達成協議時對方節外生枝國
An agreement was about to be reached when the other side raised new issues

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