Definition

1. Noun:
   • Branches, boughs: The smaller limbs and shoots that grow out from the main trunk or larger boughs of a tree or plant. It refers collectively to the branching structure.
   • Ramification: The arrangement or pattern of branching, often used in a more abstract or technical sense to describe a complex, branching structure.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cây cổ thụ có cành nhánh sum suê. (The ancient tree has lush, dense branches.)
  • Cành nhánh của cây thông phủ đầy tuyết. (The pine tree's boughs are covered in snow.)
  • Kiến trúc đó phức tạp như cành nhánh của một cây lớn. (That architecture is as complex as the ramification of a large tree.)

Advanced Usage

• Used metaphorically to describe subdivisions or offshoots within an organization, system, or idea.
  • Công ty phát triển nhiều cành nhánh kinh doanh mới. (The company developed many new business branches/ramifications.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cành (n): A branch or bough (singular or more specific).

  • Một cành hoa đào. (A branch of peach blossoms.)

• Nhánh (n): A twig, a small branch, or a subdivision (e.g., a branch of a river, a branch in a diagram).

  • Nhánh sông nhỏ. (A small tributary/branch of the river.)

Synonyms

• Branches: The woody parts of a tree that grow from the trunk.
• Boughs: The main larger branches of a tree.
• Ramification: A complex arrangement of branching parts.

Related Idioms

• Cành vàng lá ngọc: (Literal: golden branches, jade leaves) A idiom referring to people of noble or royal lineage.
  • Gia đình hoàng tộc ấy được ví như cành vàng lá ngọc. (That royal family is likened to golden branches and jade leaves.)

1. Branches, boughs