cí​zǎo

ornate diction

  • created reference approved 辞藻/辭藻 → 词藻/詞藻 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    辞藻 / 辭藻 cí​zǎo

    词藻 / 詞藻 cí​zǎo

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 辞藻/辭藻 · cí​zǎo · ornate diction — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    辞藻 / 辭藻

    cí​zǎo

    ornate diction

    Polished or flowery language used in writing, especially classical allusions and elegant phrases

    辞 (literal) → 辞/辭 · cí · word 藻 (literal) → 藻 · zǎo · literary elegance

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 辞藻/辭藻 · cí​zǎo · empty rhetoric — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    辞藻 / 辭藻

    cí​zǎo

    empty rhetoric

    Fine-sounding words used to cover up a lack of substance; flowery but hollow language

    辞 (literal) → 辞/辭 · cí · word 藻 (literal) → 藻 · zǎo · literary elegance

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

    created sense