shìcí
pretext
- pretext
- An excuse or pretext used to cover up the truth; a deceptive explanation
- to polish writing
- To polish or refine the wording of a speech or a piece of writing.
- flowery rhetoric
- Superficial or ostentatious language; deceptive words used to mask one's faults
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Variant of
- 饰词 shìcí