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枝叶

zhīyè

branch and leaf

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

branch and leaf

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 枝叶 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 枝叶 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

这只是枝叶而已。zhè zhǐ shì zhī yè ér yǐ。

It's only leaves and branches.

稀疏、低矮、枝叶稀疏的雪松被数量更多、颜色更深、更绿、更茂密的雪松所取代,这些雪松又被高大、枝繁叶茂、结满绿色浆果的树木所取代。xī shū、 dī ǎi、 zhī yè xī shū de xuě sōng bèi shù liàng gèng duō、 yán sè gēng shēn、 gèng lǜ、 gèng mào mì de xuě sōng suǒ qǔ dài, zhè xiē xuě sōng yòu bèi gāo dà、 zhī fán yè mào、 jié mǎn lǜ sè jiāng guǒ de shù mù suǒ qǔ dài。

Scant, low, scraggy cedars gave place to more numerous, darker, greener, bushier ones, and these to high, full-foliaged, green-berried trees.

哦圣诞树啊圣诞树,你的枝叶多么笃挚!ó shèng dàn shù a shèng dàn shù, nǐ de zhī yè duō me dǔ zhì!

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 枝叶.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 枝叶.

Directly before

  • 只是枝叶1
  • 的枝叶1

Directly after

  • 枝叶而已1
  • 枝叶多么1
  • 枝叶稀疏1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 枝叶

What does 枝叶 mean in Chinese?

枝叶 (zhīyè) means branch and leaf.

How do you pronounce 枝叶?

枝叶 is pronounced zhīyè.

Is 枝叶 an HSK word?

枝叶 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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