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  *枝* | 枝* | *枝
branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
HSK 6
branch / twig
HSK 7-9
lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding
branch
(coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status
olive branch / symbol of peace
branch / limb (of a tree)
branches and knots / fig. side issue / minor peripheral problem
kapok (tree)
to prune (branches etc)
thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy
branch / twig / stem
branch and leaf
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
branch / twig
Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
custard apple / soursop (Annonaceae)
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
(tree) graft
Panzhihua, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
minor details / trifles
(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
branches and tendrils / fig. overcomplicated or digressive
twig / branch
cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai
side issues keep arising (idiom)
(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish
to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
dendrite (crystallography)
Zhijiang, a county-level city in Yichang City 宜昌市, Hubei
Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
erhua form of 攀高枝
when the root is firm, the branches flourish
Zicheng town in Yidu county 宜都, Yichang 宜昌, Hubei
branch stem
massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
seeds of litchi or lychee (in TCM)
near and distant relatives
Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman
a gun / guns in general / same as 槍支|枪支
variant of 枝椏|枝桠
variant of 枝椏|枝桠
variant of 肢解


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