(adj) marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; ; -John Milton, Syn. ornate, Example:a flowery speech; ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato
[不以词害志 / 不以詞害誌, bù yǐ cí hài zhìㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄞˋ ㄓˋ] don't let rhetoric spoil the message (成语 saw); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say
[不以辞害志 / 不以辭害誌, bù yǐ cí hài zhìㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄞˋ ㄓˋ] don't let rhetoric spoil the message (成语 saw); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say