无头告示
wú​tóu​gào​shì

gobbledygook

  • created sense approved 无头告示/無頭告示 · wú​tóu​gào​shì · gobbledygook — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无头告示 / 無頭告示

    wú​tóu​gào​shì

    gobbledygook

    officialese or confusing language; originally referred to a public notice with unclear intent, now describes bureaucratic writing or talk that is impossible to understand

    wú​tóu​gào​shi

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · top 告示 (literal) → 告示 · gào​shi · announcement

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

    created sense