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
be able to see what others cannot - dú jù zhī yǎn
write cursive characters in a vigorous and nimble style - jīng shé rù cǎo
Burn the dead and eat the meager - fén kū shí dàn
Dangerous words are harsh to the ear - wēi yán nì ěr
dismember an ox as skillfully as a butcher - páo dīng jiě niú
The same way and the same meaning - dào tóng yì hé