pay attention to minor things
Looking for branches and leaves, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ú nzh ī zh ā iy è, which means the pursuit of secondary and non fundamental things. It comes from Canglang poetry review.
Analysis of Idioms
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Idiom usage
As a predicate or attributive; used in composition
The origin of Idioms
Yan Yu of Song Dynasty wrote in Canglang Shihua Shiping: "the works of Jian'an are all in the weather, you can't look for branches and leaves."
pay attention to minor things
the wrangling guest robs the place of the host - xuān bīn duó zhǔ
make a harmonious and orderly home - yí shì yí jiā
be free from things of the world - chāo rán wù wài