wén
shì

common

Meaning of 文饰

文饰 means literary embellishment; ornamental writing; rhetorical polish; to gloss over; to cover up; to whitewash (one's faults). Pronounced wén shì.

  • literary embellishment; ornamental writing; rhetorical polish
  • to gloss over; to cover up; to whitewash (one's faults)

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
duàn
miáo
xiě
 
wén
shì
jiào
shǎo
 

This passage has little rhetorical embellishment.

Zhè
piān
wén
zhāng
wén
shì
guò
duō
 
xiǎn
de
gòu
rán
 

This article is over-embellished, making it seem unnatural.

Hǎo
de
sǎn
wén
yīng
gāi
wén
zhì
jiān
bèi
 
néng
zhī
yǒu
huá
de
wén
shì
 

Good prose should combine substance with style, not just have ornate decoration.