枝节 (枝節) zhī jié
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              zhī jié 
              phrase 
              branches and knots 
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '枝節'; Guoyu '枝節' 1; Mathews 1931 '枝節', p. 130) - 
              zhī jié 
              phrase 
              side issues; secondary issues 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '枝節'; Guoyu '枝節' 2; Mathews 1931 '枝節', p. 130) - 
              zhī jié 
              phrase 
              opportunities 
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '枝節' 4) 
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
 
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第六十四回 Chapter 64 Journey to the West 西遊記 — 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
 - 第七十二回 Chapter 72 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
 - 周語中 Discourses of Zhou II Guoyu 國語 — count: 1