节上生枝 jié shàng shēng zhī

side issues keep popping up

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising

Characters

Character Meaning
节 jié HSK 3
festival
上 shàng HSK 1
to go up; on top; above
生 shēng HSK 1
life; to be born; raw
枝 zhī HSK 6
branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc