"Rhetoric" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 xiū cí rhetoric
 xióng biàn eloquent / oratory / rhetoric
 cí zǎo rhetoric
 cí zǎo rhetoric / flowery language
 cí lìng polite speech / diplomatic terms / rhetoric
 wén shì to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over
 xiū cí xué rhetoric
 qiǎo biàn to argue skillfully or plausibly / rhetoric
 cí zhāng poetry and prose / rhetoric
 duī qì lit. to pile up (bricks) / to pack / fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) / ornate rhetoric
 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom) / elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
 qiǎng cí duó lǐ to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats
 biàn shì eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills
 bù yǐ cí hài zhì don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
 bù yǐ cí hài zhì don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom) / don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
 guāng dòng zuǐ empty talk / mere rhetoric / palaver
 pái ǒu parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)
 wán nòng cí zǎo to juggle with words (dishonestly) / to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric
 tián yán mì yǔ sweet words and honeyed phrases (idiom) / elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric
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