不以辭害志

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don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

Written Forms

不以辭害志Traditional · Main Form
不以辞害志Alternate Form

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