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  *枝* | 枝* | *枝
branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
HSK 6
branch / twig
HSK 7-9
olive branch / symbol of peace
cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
kapok (tree)
Panzhihua, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman
(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
branch
(coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status
branch / limb (of a tree)
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
minor details / trifles
branches and knots / fig. side issue / minor peripheral problem
branch / twig
thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy
custard apple / soursop (Annonaceae)
(tree) graft
massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
erhua variant of 攀高枝
branch / twig / stem
twig / branch
to prune (branches etc)
branch and leaf
variant of 枝椏|枝桠
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
when the root is firm, the branches flourish
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai
Zhijiang, county-level city in Yichang 宜昌, Hubei
Zhijiang, county-level city in Yichang 宜昌, Hubei
branch stem
variant of 肢解
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
side issues keep arising (idiom)
lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding
Zicheng town in Yidu county 宜都, Yichang 宜昌, Hubei
Zicheng town in Yidu county 宜都, Yichang 宜昌, Hubei
variant of 枝椏|枝桠
(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish
branches and tendrils / fig. overcomplicated or digressive
Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
a gun / guns in general / same as 槍支|枪支
dendrite (crystallography)
to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
seeds of litchi or lychee (in TCM)
near and distant relatives


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