Learning Chinese starts simple with characters, advances to words, and peaks with idioms. Explore the free idiom 「枝外生枝」 here, with meaning and examples.
The idiom 「枝外生枝」 we’re featuring is explained below, showcasing its meaning and usage.
A metaphor for something that is derived and multiplied. Same as “unrelated incidents”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhī wài shēng zhī
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji1 ngoi6 saang1/sang1 ji1
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