"枝" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Mandarin zhī
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Pinyin zhi1
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木十水
Sijiao 4494.7
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Level 6
 zhī branch / classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc
Results beginning with 枝
 zhī yè branch and leaf
 zhī tiáo branch / twig / stem
 zhī gàn branch / limb (of a tree)
 zhī yā branch / twig
 zhī jié branches and knots / fig. side issue / minor peripheral problem
 zhī zi twig / branch
 zhī màn branches and tendrils / fig. overcomplicated or digressive
 Zhī chéng Zicheng town in Yidu county 宜都[Yi2 du1], Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei
 Zhī jiāng Zhijiang, county-level city in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei
 zhī jiě variant of 肢解[zhi1 jie3]
 zhī jīng abbr. of 樹枝狀晶|树枝状晶[shu4 zhi1 zhuang4 jing1]
 zhī yā variant of 枝椏|枝桠[zhi1 ya1]
 zhī yā variant of 枝椏|枝桠[zhi1 ya1]
 Zhī chéng zhèn Zicheng town in Yidu county 宜都[Yi2 du1], Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei
 Zhī jiāng shì Zhijiang, county-level city in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei
 zhī jié héng shēng side issues keep arising (idiom)
 zhī jié wèn tí side issue / peripheral complication
Approximate Results for 枝
 shù zhī branch / twig
 lì zhī litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.)
 huā zhī spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms) / cuttlefish (on dining menus) / (literary) beautiful woman
 fēn zhī branch
 guì zhī cinnamon (Ramulus Cinnamomi)
 zhé zhī massage / snapped-off branch / sprig / to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
  leader
 jiē zhī (tree) graft
 jiǎn zhī to prune (branches etc)
 dǐng zhī terminal leader
 niè zhī branch stem
 qiāng zhī a gun / guns in general / same as 槍支|枪支
 xiū zhī limbing / trimming / debranching
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 gǎn lǎn zhī olive branch / symbol of peace
 dài chā zhī large stem cuttings / truncheons
 fān lì zhī custard apple / soursop (Annonaceae)
 jìn huà zhī clade
 liǔ zhī jì switchgrass
 lì zhī hé seeds of litchi or lychee (in TCM)
 Pān zhī huā kapok (tree)
 shuǐ héng zhī cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai
 Zhù Zhī shān Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
 yī zhī dú xiù lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom) / fig. to be in a league of one's own / outstanding
 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
 jié wài shēng zhī a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom) / fig. side issues keep arising
 xì zhī mò jié minor details / trifles
 cū zhī dà yè thick stems and broad leaves (idiom) / boorish / rough and ready / sloppy
 héng shēng zhī jié to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
 jīn zhī yù yè golden branch, jade leaves (idiom) / fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
 yǒu zhī yǒu yè to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
  hedgelaying
 běn gù zhī róng when the root is firm, the branches flourish
 jié shàng shēng zhī a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom) / fig. side issues keep arising
 Lù zhī tè qū Luzhi special economic area in Liupanshui 六盤水|六盘水, west Guizhou
 Pān zhī huā shì Panzhihua, prefecture-level city in south Sichuan, bordering Yunnan, famous for steel production and pollution
 shù zhī zhuàng jīng dendrite (crystallography)
 yuǎn mén jìn zhī near and distant relatives
 zōng zhī quán rì Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
 zōng zhī zhǔ rì Palm Sunday (Sunday before Easter)
  forest litter / duff layer
 fēn zhī gǎn jùn shǔ Mycobacterium
 Pān zhī huā dì qū Panzhihua prefecture in south Sichuan, bordering Yunnan
  mycobacterium avium complex
 yòu fēn zhī guān xì cóng jù right branching relative clauses
 zài tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì niǎo , zài dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined / wishing for conjugal bliss
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