| 节上生枝 |
jié shàng shēng zhī |
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising |
| 节 |
jiē |
see 节骨眼 |
| 节 |
jié |
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
| 生 |
shēng |
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student |
| 枝 |
zhī |
branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc |