枝节 (枝節) zhījié

zhījié noun branches and knots
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Figuratively, side issue or a minor peripheral problem (CC-CEDICT '枝節')

Contained in

• 枝节横生(枝節橫生) side issues keep arising
• 横生枝节(橫生枝節) to deliberately complicate an issue

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Truncated for common words

• 第六十四回 Chapter 64 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 卷十三　海內經 Chapter 13: Classic of Regions Within the Seas Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 1
• 周語中 Discourses of Zhou II Guoyu 國語 — count: 1