繁文缛节
Traditional form:
繁文縟節
Pinyin (reading):
fánwénrùjié
Definitions:
- convoluted and overelaborate (document)
- unnecessarily elaborate writing
- mumbo-jumbo
Characters:
- 繁 - complex, difficult; many, diverse
- 文 - culture, literature, writing
- 缛 - elegant, decorative, adorned
- 节 - festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save
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