offshoot in Chinese
offshoot in Chinese is 支线 — offshoot means a new shoot or branch growing out from the main stem of a plant.
offshoot in Chinese
支线
Pronounced: zhī xiàn
Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.
What does "offshoot" mean?
- noun A new shoot or branch growing out from the main stem of a plant.
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noun Something, such as a group or idea, that has grown out of something else.
"The reason is that the Berks & Hants Railway Company, under the powers of which the line was built, also included the Reading-Basingstoke section. The company was an offshoot of the G.W.R., which absorbed it before any section was opened."
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- The reason is that the Berks & Hants Railway Company, under the powers of which the line was built, also included the Reading-Basingstoke section. The company was an offshoot of the G.W.R., which absorbed it before any section was opened.
- an offshoot of a criminal organization
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What is "offshoot" in Chinese?
"offshoot" in Chinese is 支线. offshoot means: A new shoot or branch growing out from the main stem of a plant.
How do you pronounce 支线?
"offshoot" in Chinese is 支线, pronounced "zhī xiàn".
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