橫生枝節 héng shēng zhī jié

to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
橫 héng
horizontal; across; crosswise
生 shēng HSK 1
life; to be born; raw
枝 zhī HSK 6
branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
節 jié
festival