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Character « 缛 »

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Character
缛
(13 stroke)
Traditional
縟
Radical
纟
(+10 stroke)
Pinyin
rù

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缛 (縟) rù

General meaning
Definitions
Words
Vocabulary

◎ 繁密的彩饰。
◎ 繁多，繁重，繁琐：～礼。繁文～节。
◎ 古同“褥”。

Noun

(形声。从糸( mì),辱声。本义:繁密的彩饰)
同本义 [dense polychrome]

缛,繁采色也。——《说文》

绸缪缛绣。——左思《吴都赋》
又如:缛旨(繁饰的文旨);缛丽(繁饰华丽);缛绣(彩色繁丽,有如锦绣)
通“褥”。褥子 [mattress]。如:芳缛(华丽的褥垫)

Adjective

繁多 [cumbersome;elaborate]。如:缛采(文采繁杂。比喻雕琢文章);缛礼(繁复琐杂的礼节。引申为厚礼,优礼)
烦琐;对…阐述过详 [overelaborated]

文有粗缛。——《周礼·大宗伯》注
又如:缛礼烦仪(烦琐的礼仪);繁文缛节

缛节 ( 縟節 ) rù jié
1. [overelaborate]∶指礼仪方面的细节繁多
2. [overelaborate formilities]∶繁琐的细节

繁缛 ( 繁縟 ) fán rù
[numerous] 多而琐碎

步光之剑,华藻繁缛。——曹植《七命》
繁文缛节 ( 繁文縟節 ) fán wén -rù jié
[mumbo jumbo;prolix style and hackneyed rites;unnecessary and overelaborate formalities] 烦琐而多余的礼节。也指烦琐而多余的事项或手续

文化是文化,文化里含有许多许多不必要的繁文缛节,不必由他去维持,也不必由他破坏。——老舍《四世同堂》