縟節

缛节
rùjié
  1. (literary) excessive formality
  2. excessive formality

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 縟 rù
  1. adorned
  2. beautiful
=2 節 jiē see 節骨眼 jiēguyǎn
=2 節 jié
  1. joint; node
  2. (bound form) section; segment
  3. solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar)
  4. seasonal festival
  5. (bound form) to economize; to save
  6. (bound form) moral integrity; chastity
  7. classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc
  8. knot (nautical miles per hour)

Containing this entry

繁文縟節 fánwénrùjié
  1. convoluted and overelaborate (document)
  2. unnecessarily elaborate writing
  3. mumbo-jumbo