"rhetoric" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
修辞修辭	xiū cí	rhetoric
雄辩雄辯	xióng biàn	eloquent / oratory / rhetoric
辞藻辭藻	cí zǎo	rhetoric	syn
词藻詞藻	cí zǎo	rhetoric / flowery language
辞令辭令	cí lìng	polite speech / diplomatic language / rhetoric	syn
文饰文飾	wén shì	to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over	syn
修辞学修辭學	xiū cí xué	rhetoric
巧辩巧辯	qiǎo biàn	to argue skillfully or plausibly / rhetoric	syn
辞章辭章	cí zhāng	poetry and prose / rhetoric	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
堆砌	duī qì	lit. to pile up (bricks) / to pack / fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases) / ornate rhetoric	syn
花言巧语花言巧語	huā yán qiǎo yǔ	graceful words, flowery speech (idiom) / elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric	syn
强词夺理強詞奪理	qiǎng cí duó lǐ	to twist words and force logic (idiom) / sophistry / loud rhetoric making up for fallacious argument / shoving false arguments down people's throats	syn
排比	pái bǐ	parallelism (rhetoric) / to arrange things alongside each other	syn
辩士辯士	biàn shì	eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills	syn
不以辞害志不以辭害志	bù yǐ cí hài zhì	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
不以词害志不以詞害誌	bù yǐ cí hài zhì	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
光动嘴光動嘴	guāng dòng zuǐ	empty talk / mere rhetoric / palaver
反动势力反動勢力	fǎn dòng shì li	reactionary forces (esp. in Marxist rhetoric)
排偶	pái ǒu	parallel and antithesis (paired sentences as rhetoric device)	syn
玩弄词藻玩弄詞藻	wán nòng cí zǎo	to juggle with words (dishonestly) / to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric
甜言密语甜言密語	tián yán mì yǔ	sweet words and honeyed phrases (idiom) / elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric

The four tones