橫生枝節 [横－－节]

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Pinyin héng shēng zhī jié

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to deliberately complicate an issue (idiom)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to raise unexpected difficulties; to deliberately complicate an issue
    (syn.) 吐一支
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）