convoluted and overelaborate (document); unnecessarily elaborate writing; mumbo-jumbo
trad. 繁文縟節
Also written 繁文縟節【fán wén rù jié】
Characters in this word
4繁
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old variant of 繁[fan2]
- Pinyin
- fán
- Traditional
- 緐
- Strokes
- 17
文
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surname Wen
- Pinyin
- Wén
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 6670 of 2500
缛
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adorned, beautiful
- Pinyin
- rù
- Traditional
- 縟
- Strokes
- 13
节
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see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]
- Pinyin
- jiē
- Traditional
- 節
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5872 of 2500