created sense approved 钩章棘句/鉤章棘句 · gōuzhāngjíjù · abstruse language — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
钩章棘句 / 鉤章棘句
gōuzhāngjíjù
abstruse language
Describes writing that is overly intricate, difficult to understand, or uses strange and obscure phrasing
钩 (literal) → 钩/鉤 · gōu · to probe 章 (literal) → 章 · zhāng · chapter 棘 (literal) → 棘 · jí · thorns 句 (literal) → 句 · jù · sentence
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 钩章棘句/鉤章棘句 · gōuzhāngjíjù · laborious writing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
钩章棘句 / 鉤章棘句
gōuzhāngjíjù
laborious writing
Describes the painstaking effort and hardship involved in composing poetry or searching for the perfect phrase
钩 (literal) → 钩/鉤 · gōu · to probe 章 (literal) → 章 · zhāng · chapter 棘 (literal) → 棘 · jí · to prick 句 (literal) → 句 · jù · sentence
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition