冗条子

unwanted branches (of a tree etc)

extraneous / redundant / superfluous / busy schedule

variant of 冗[rong3]

strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute

son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub-

(noun suffix)