Read Edit View history 繁文缛节 fánwénrùjié convoluted writing Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 繁文缛节 (繁文縟節) fánwénrùjié convoluted writing idiom unnecessarily elaborate or flowery language and writing style in documents red tape idiom unnecessary formalities, overelaborate ceremonies, or bureaucratic procedures Frequency Movie subtitles 0.660 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.193 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
繁文缛节 (繁文縟節) fánwénrùjié convoluted writing idiom unnecessarily elaborate or flowery language and writing style in documents red tape idiom unnecessary formalities, overelaborate ceremonies, or bureaucratic procedures Frequency Movie subtitles 0.660 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.193 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)