辭藻

辞藻
cízǎo
rhetoric

CEDICT

flowery language; rhetoric

Wiktionary

經過修飾的精美詞語，常指引用的典故或詩文中現有的詞語。也作「詞藻」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

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

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
巧辯 qiǎobiàn
  1. to argue skillfully or plausibly
  2. rhetoric
文飾 wénshì
  1. to polish a text
  2. rhetoric
  3. ornate language
  4. to use florid language to conceal errors
  5. to gloss over
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