"繁文縟節" meaning in All languages combined

See 繁文縟節 on Wiktionary

Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /fän³⁵ wən³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, standard, Taiwan, Sinological-IPA], /fän³⁵ wən³⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, variant, Sinological-IPA], /faːn²¹ mɐn²¹ jʊk̚² t͡siːt̚³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 繁文缛节 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 繁文縟節
  1. trivial and overelaborate formalities; red tape Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "繁文缛节",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "繁文縟節",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trivial and overelaborate formalities; red tape"
      ],
      "id": "en-繁文縟節-zh-phrase-ZNiFkXZW",
      "links": [
        [
          "trivial",
          "trivial"
        ],
        [
          "overelaborate",
          "overelaborate"
        ],
        [
          "formalities",
          "formality"
        ],
        [
          "red tape",
          "red tape"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwénrùjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwénrǔjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan⁴ man⁴ juk⁶ zit³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwénrùjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwúnrùjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan²-wên²-ju⁴-chieh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fán-wén-rù-jyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "farnwenruhjye"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fanʹvɛnʹžucze",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фаньвэньжуцзе"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän³⁵ wən³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwénrǔjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwúnrǔjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan²-wên²-ju³-chieh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fán-wén-rǔ-jyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "farnwenruujye"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fanʹvɛnʹžucze",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фаньвэньжуцзе"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän³⁵ wən³⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan⁴ man⁴ juk⁶ zit³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fàahn màhn yuhk jit"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan⁴ man⁴ juk⁹ dzit⁸"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan⁴ men⁴ yug⁶ jid³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faːn²¹ mɐn²¹ jʊk̚² t͡siːt̚³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "繁文縟節"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "繁文缛节",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "繁文縟節",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 文",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 節",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 縟",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 繁",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trivial and overelaborate formalities; red tape"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trivial",
          "trivial"
        ],
        [
          "overelaborate",
          "overelaborate"
        ],
        [
          "formalities",
          "formality"
        ],
        [
          "red tape",
          "red tape"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwénrùjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwénrǔjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan⁴ man⁴ juk⁶ zit³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwénrùjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwúnrùjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan²-wên²-ju⁴-chieh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fán-wén-rù-jyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "farnwenruhjye"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fanʹvɛnʹžucze",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фаньвэньжуцзе"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän³⁵ wən³⁵ ʐu⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "standard",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwénrǔjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄈㄢˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄖㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fánwúnrǔjié"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan²-wên²-ju³-chieh²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fán-wén-rǔ-jyé"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "farnwenruujye"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fanʹvɛnʹžucze",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "фаньвэньжуцзе"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fän³⁵ wən³⁵ ʐu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "variant",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan⁴ man⁴ juk⁶ zit³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fàahn màhn yuhk jit"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "faan⁴ man⁴ juk⁹ dzit⁸"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fan⁴ men⁴ yug⁶ jid³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faːn²¹ mɐn²¹ jʊk̚² t͡siːt̚³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "繁文縟節"
}

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