有枝有叶 (有枝有葉)
yǒu zhī yǒu yè
Pinyin
Definition
有枝有叶 (有枝有葉)
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- to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
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
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三生有幸
- 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
- 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
上有天堂,下有苏杭
- 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
- 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven