文飾

文饰
wénshì
  1. to polish a text
  2. rhetoric
  3. ornate language
  4. to use florid language to conceal errors
  5. to gloss over

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to deceive by an impressive appearance; to gloss over one's mistakes
  2. (literary) to polish a piece of writing
  3. to deceive by an impressive appearance; to gloss over one's mistakes
  4. to polish a piece of writing

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 文 wén
  1. language
  2. culture
  3. writing
  4. formal
  5. literary
  6. gentle
  7. (old) classifier for coins
  8. Kangxi radical 67
2 飾 shì
  1. decoration
  2. ornament
  3. to decorate
  4. to adorn
  5. to hide
  6. to conceal (a fault)
  7. excuse (to hide a fault)
  8. to play a role (in opera)
  9. to impersonate

Related entries

修辭 xiūcí rhetoric
演说家为了征服他的听众，不惜使用他在交流课上学到的修辞技巧。

To win his audience, the speaker resorted to using rhetorical techniques he learned from his communication courses.

Source: Tatoeba

修辭學 xiūcíxué rhetoric
詞藻 cízǎo
  1. rhetoric
  2. flowery language
辭藻 cízǎo rhetoric
巧辯 qiǎobiàn
  1. to argue skillfully or plausibly
  2. rhetoric
辭章 cízhāng
  1. poetry and prose
  2. rhetoric
雄辯 xióngbiàn
  1. eloquent
  2. oratory
  3. rhetoric
雄辯如銀，沉默如金。

Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

Source: Tatoeba

掩飾 yǎnshì
  1. to cover up
  2. to conceal
  3. to mask
  4. to gloss over
你在掩饰什么？

What are you hiding?

Source: Tatoeba