diff --git a/server-tools/codex-hldp-recursive-memory/hldp-memory.mjs b/server-tools/codex-hldp-recursive-memory/hldp-memory.mjs
index 5f50120..c8a2797 100644
--- a/server-tools/codex-hldp-recursive-memory/hldp-memory.mjs
+++ b/server-tools/codex-hldp-recursive-memory/hldp-memory.mjs
@@ -56,7 +56,18 @@ export function verifyTree(tree) {
 }
 
 function terms(query) {
-  return [...new Set(query.toLowerCase().match(/[\p{L}\p{N}_-]+/gu) ?? [])];
+  const raw = query.toLowerCase().match(/[\p{L}\p{N}_-]+/gu) ?? [];
+  const expanded = [];
+  for (const token of raw) {
+    expanded.push(token);
+    const characters = [...token];
+    if (/\p{Script=Han}/u.test(token) && characters.length > 1) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < characters.length - 1; i += 1) {
+        expanded.push(characters.slice(i, i + 2).join(""));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return [...new Set(expanded)];
 }
 
 export function route(tree, query, max = 3, from = tree.root) {
diff --git a/server-tools/codex-hldp-recursive-memory/hldp-memory.test.mjs b/server-tools/codex-hldp-recursive-memory/hldp-memory.test.mjs
index 7a1fd64..b4495aa 100644
--- a/server-tools/codex-hldp-recursive-memory/hldp-memory.test.mjs
+++ b/server-tools/codex-hldp-recursive-memory/hldp-memory.test.mjs
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ test("route returns paths and summaries only, capped at three", () => {
   assert(!JSON.stringify(candidates).includes("A失败"));
 });
 
+test("route ranks a matching Chinese branch instead of treating a sentence as one token", () => {
+  const candidates = route(validTree(), "为什么最终方案发生变化", 3);
+  assert.equal(candidates[0].path, "root/decision");
+  assert(candidates[0].score > 0);
+});
+
 test("read-node reads exactly one bounded node", () => {
   const node = readNode(validTree(), "root/decision");
   assert.equal(node.path, "root/decision");