ornate diction; rhetorical embellishment; flowery language
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
ornate and elegant words or phrases in poetry and prose; often refers to the use of allusions and ready-made expressions from classical literature
literaryCommonly used in literary criticism. Can carry positive connotations of elegance (辞藻华丽) or negative connotations of excessive ornamentation (堆砌辞藻). The variant form 词藻 is also widely accepted.
Tā他
de的
wén文
zhāng章
cí辞
zǎo藻
huá华
lì丽
，
dàn但
nèi内
róng容
kōng空
dòng洞
。
His writing is ornate, but the content is hollow.
Zhè这
wèi位
shī诗
rén人
shàn善
yú于
yùn运
yòng用
diǎn典
gù故
，
cí辞
zǎo藻
yōu优
měi美
。
This poet is good at using allusions and has beautiful diction.
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Duī堆
qì砌
cí辞
zǎo藻
bìng并
bù不
néng能
yǎn掩
gài盖
sī思
xiǎng想
de的
pín贫
fá乏
。
Piling up flowery language cannot conceal poverty of thought.
Zhè这
piān篇
fù赋
cí辞
zǎo藻
huá华
lì丽
，
duì对
zhàng仗
gōng工
zhěng整
。
This fu poem features ornate diction and neat parallelism.