| 文牍主义 |
wén dú zhǔ yì |
red tape |
| 文 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
| 文 |
wén |
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
| 文牍 |
wén dú |
paperwork / official documents and letters / (old) secretary |
| 牍 |
dú |
documents |
| 主 |
zhǔ |
owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games) |
| 主义 |
zhǔ yì |
-ism / ideology |
| 义 |
Yì |
surname Yi / (Tw) Italy (abbr. for 义大利) |
| 义 |
yì |
justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship |