| 繁文缛节 |
fán wén rù jié |
convoluted and overelaborate (document) / unnecessarily elaborate writing / mumbo-jumbo |
| 繁 |
fán |
old variant of 繁 |
| 繁 |
Pó |
surname Po |
| 繁 |
fán |
complicated / many / in great numbers / abbr. for 繁体, traditional form of Chinese characters |
| 繁文 |
fán wén |
convoluted / elaborate formalities |
| 文 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
| 文 |
wén |
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
| 缛 |
rù |
adorned / beautiful |
| 节 |
jiē |
see 节骨眼 |
| 节 |
jié |
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour) |