CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

枝繁叶茂

zhīfányèmào

(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

(of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 枝繁叶茂 actually appears in real sentences.

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她与强大的祖琳女王有著密切的血缘关系，她的家在一棵枝繁叶茂的橡树荫下。tā yǔ qiáng dà de zǔ lín nǚ wáng yǒu zhù mì qiè de xuè yuán guān xì， tā de jiā zài yī kē zhī fán yè mào de xiàng shù yīn xià。

She was closely related to the mighty Queen Zurline, and her home was beneath the shade of a widespreading oak.

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.

庭院里有一株枇杷树，是我妻子去世那年她亲手种的，现在已经长得挺拔高大，枝繁叶茂像伞一样了。tíng yuàn lǐ yǒu yī zhū pí pá shù， shì wǒ qī zǐ qù shì nà nián tā qīn shǒu zhǒng de， xiàn zài yǐ jīng zhǎng dé tǐng bá gāo dà， zhī fán yè mào xiàng sǎn yī yàng le。

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COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 枝繁叶茂.

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

Directly before

一棵枝繁叶茂1

Directly after

枝繁叶茂像1
枝繁叶茂的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 枝繁叶茂

What does 枝繁叶茂 mean in Chinese?

枝繁叶茂 (zhīfányèmào) means (of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flourish.

How do you pronounce 枝繁叶茂?

枝繁叶茂 is pronounced zhīfányèmào.

Is 枝繁叶茂 an HSK word?

枝繁叶茂 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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