节上生枝 (節上生枝) jié shàng shēng zhī

jié shàng shēng zhī set phrase a new branch grows out of a joint; new issues keep arising
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Notes: (CC-CEDICT '節上生枝'; Guoyu '節上生枝'; Mathews 1931 '節上生枝', p. 107)