繁文

fánwén
  1. convoluted
  2. elaborate formalities

CEDICT

  1. (literary) convoluted writing
  2. (literary) overelaborate formalities
  3. convoluted writing
  4. overelaborate formalities

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 繁 fán old variant of 繁 fán
=1 繁 fán
  1. complicated
  2. many
  3. in great numbers
  4. abbr. for 繁体 fántǐ, traditional form of Chinese characters
2 文 wén
  1. language
  2. culture
  3. writing
  4. formal
  5. literary
  6. gentle
  7. (old) classifier for coins
  8. Kangxi radical 67

Containing this entry

繁文缛节 fánwénrùjié
  1. convoluted and overelaborate (document)
  2. unnecessarily elaborate writing
  3. mumbo-jumbo
繁文缛礼 fánwénrùlǐ

Related entries

芜繁 wúfán convoluted
烦琐 fánsuǒ
  1. tedious
  2. convoluted
  3. fiddly
  4. pedantic