折枝
zhé zhī
Pinyin

Definition

折枝
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zhé zhī
  1. massage
  2. snapped-off branch
  3. sprig
  4. to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shé
  1. 1 to break (e.g. stick or bone)
  2. 2 a loss
zhé mó
  1. 1 to torment
  2. 2 to torture
zhē teng
  1. 1 to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)
  2. 2 to repeat sth over and over again
  3. 3 to torment sb
  4. 4 to play crazy
  5. 5 to squander (time, money)
cuò zhé
  1. 1 setback
  2. 2 reverse
  3. 3 check
  4. 4 defeat
  5. 5 frustration
  6. 6 disappointment
  7. 7 to frustrate
  8. 8 to discourage
  9. 9 to set sb back
  10. 10 to blunt
  11. 11 to subdue
jīn zhī yù yè
  1. 1 golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty

Idioms (17)

一折两段
yī zhé liǎng duàn
  1. 1 to split sth into two (idiom)
一枝独秀
yī zhī dú xiù
  1. 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
  3. 3 outstanding
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
有枝有叶
yǒu zhī yǒu yè
  1. 1 to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
朱云折槛
Zhū Yún zhē kǎn
  1. 1 Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly