折枝
zhé zhī
Pinyin
Definition
折枝
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- massage
- snapped-off branch
- sprig
- to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to break (e.g. stick or bone)
- 2 a loss
- 1 to torment
- 2 to torture
- 1 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
- 2 to repeat sth over and over again
- 3 to torment sb
- 4 to play crazy
- 5 to squander (time, money)
- 1 setback
- 2 reverse
- 3 check
- 4 defeat
- 5 frustration
- 6 disappointment
- 7 to frustrate
- 8 to discourage
- 9 to set sb back
- 10 to blunt
- 11 to subdue
- 1 golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
Idioms (17)
一折两段
- 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
一枝独秀
- 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
- 3 outstanding
折节读书
- 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
有枝有叶
- 1 to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
朱云折槛
- 1 Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly