文牘主義
wén​dú​zhǔ​yì

red tape

  • created sense approved 文牍主义/文牘主義 · wén​dú​zhǔ​yì · red tape — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    文牍主义 / 文牘主義

    wén​dú​zhǔ​yì

    red tape

    A bureaucratic style of working that relies heavily on paperwork and forms while being disconnected from reality; excessive bureaucracy.

    文牍 (literal) → 文牍/文牘 · wén​dú · official documents 主义 (literal) → 主义/主義 · zhǔ​yì · -ism; doctrine

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

    created sense