Results for “枝”

branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc

branch / twig

branch and leaf

olive branch / (fig.) conciliatory gesture / overture of goodwill / (fig.) favorable offer or invitation (e.g. of employment or admission)

lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)

twig / branch

branch / limb (of a tree)

(crystallography, metallurgy) dendrite / dendritic crystal

branch / twig / stem

branch / twig

branches and knots / fig. side issue / minor peripheral problem

side issues keep arising (idiom)

(of plants) to grow luxuriantly / (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper / to flourish

branches and tendrils / fig. overcomplicated or digressive

lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding

branch

to prune (branches etc)

massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)

(tree) graft

kapok (tree)

(coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status

erhua form of 攀高枝[pān gāo zhī]

to become bogged down in the details (idiom)

when the root is firm, the branches flourish

cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)

Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)

Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)

(Tw) variant of 槍支|枪支[qiāng zhī]

(crystallography, metallurgy) dendritic crystal

to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)

branch stem

cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai

custard apple / soursop (Annonaceae)

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

(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly

thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy

minor details / trifles

spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman

litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)

seeds of litchi or lychee (in TCM)