fán​wén​rù​jié

red tape

  • created reference approved 繁文缛节/繁文縟節 → 繁文缛礼/繁文縟禮 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    繁文缛节 / 繁文縟節 fán​wén​rù​jié

    繁文缛礼 / 繁文縟禮 fán​wén​rù​lǐ

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 繁文缛节/繁文縟節 → 繁文末节/繁文末節 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    繁文缛节 / 繁文縟節 fán​wén​rù​jié

    繁文末节 / 繁文末節 fán​wén​mò​jié

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 繁文缛节/繁文縟節 → 因陋就简/因陋就簡 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    繁文缛节 / 繁文縟節 fán​wén​rù​jié

    因陋就简 / 因陋就簡 yīn​lòu​jiù​jiǎn

    antonym

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  • created sense approved 繁文缛节/繁文縟節 · fán​wén​rù​jié · red tape — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    繁文缛节 / 繁文縟節

    fán​wén​rù​jié

    red tape

    unnecessarily elaborate writing or ceremony; convoluted and overelaborate procedures or etiquette

    繁 (literal) → 繁 · fán · complicated 文 (literal) → 文 · wén · ritual 缛 (literal) → 缛/縟 · rù · elaborate 节 (literal) → 节/節 · jié · etiquette

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

    created sense