饰词

飾詞
shìcí
  1. excuse
  2. pretext

CEDICT

  1. 经过修改美化的文词。
  2. 假託言词以掩盖过失。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 饰 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
=2 词 cí old variant of 词 cí
=2 词 cí
  1. word
  2. statement; speech; lyrics

classifier: 首

Related entries

说辞 shuōcí
  1. excuse
  2. pretext
  3. entreaties
  4. arguments
由头 yóutou
  1. pretext
  2. excuse
  3. justification
  4. reason
盾牌 dùnpái
  1. shield
  2. pretext
  3. excuse
藉口 jièkǒu
  1. to use as an excuse
  2. on the pretext
  3. excuse
  4. pretext
  5. also written 借口 jièkǒu
他們的藉口都是一樣的。

Their excuses were all alike.

Source: Tatoeba

托词 tuōcí
  1. to make an excuse
  2. pretext
  3. excuse
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