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- spray (sprig of a plant with blossoms)
- cuttlefish (on dining menus)
- (literary) beautiful woman
- massage
- snapped-off branch
- sprig
- to snap a twig (i.e. sth that requires very little effort)
Trad. 水橫枝
- cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides), esp. grown as bonsai
- Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
- Zhijiang, a county-level city in Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei
- (coll.) to try to improve one's social standing by marrying or affiliating with people of higher status
- Palm Sunday (Christian Festival one week before Easter)
Trad. 金枝玉葉
- golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
Trad. 本固枝榮
- when the root is firm, the branches flourish
Trad. 一枝獨秀
- lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
- fig. to be in a league of one's own
- outstanding
- lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom)
- fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
Trad. 節上生枝
- a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
Trad. 節外生枝
- (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
Trad. 橫生枝節
- to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
- Panzhihua, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
Trad. 有枝有葉
- to become bogged down in the details (idiom)
Trad. 粗枝大葉
- thick stems and broad leaves (idiom)
- boorish
- rough and ready
- sloppy
Trad. 枝節橫生
- side issues keep arising (idiom)
Trad. 枝繁葉茂
- (of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish
Trad. 攀高枝兒
- erhua form of 攀高枝[pan1 gao1 zhi1]