不以词害志
bù​yǐ​cí​hài​zhì

to not let rhetoric spoil the message

  • created sense approved 不以词害志/不以詞害誌 · bù​yǐ​cí​hài​zhì · to not let rhetoric spoil the message — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不以词害志 / 不以詞害誌

    bù​yǐ​cí​hài​zhì

    to not let rhetoric spoil the message

    (idiom) don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 词 (literal) → 词/詞 · cí · word 害 (literal) → 害 · hài · to harm 志 (literal) → 志/誌 · zhì · to record

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense