辞藻

辭藻
cízǎo
rhetoric

CEDICT

flowery language; rhetoric

Wiktionary

经过修饰的精美词语，常指引用的典故或诗文中现有的词语。也作「词藻」。

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Entry Composition

=1 辞 cí old variant of 辞 cí
=1 辞 cí
  1. to resign
  2. to dismiss
  3. to decline
  4. (literary) to take leave
  5. (archaic poetic genre) ballad
  6. variant of 词 cí
2 藻 zǎo
  1. aquatic grasses
  2. elegant

Related entries

修辞 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

修辞学 xiūcíxué rhetoric
词藻 cízǎo
  1. rhetoric
  2. flowery language
巧辩 qiǎobiàn
  1. to argue skillfully or plausibly
  2. rhetoric
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
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