節外生枝

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	outside; in addition; foreign outside; in addition; foreign; external	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	branch; (a measure word)
trad. (節外生枝)		節	外	生	枝
simp. (节外生枝)		节	外	生	枝

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiéwàishēngzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ ngoi⁶ sang¹ zi¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiéwàishēngzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥㄓ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyewayshengjy
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ u̯aɪ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ ngoi⁶ sang¹ zi¹
  - Yale: jit ngoih sāng jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ ngoi⁶ sang¹ dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ ngoi⁶ seng¹ ji¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ ŋɔːy̯²² sɐŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/

Idiom

節外生枝

new issues or troubles crop up from an already-existing problem

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