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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「繁文末節」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Wen: regulations, ceremony; Jie: etiquette. Excessively elaborate rituals and ceremonies. A metaphor for trivial and unnecessary things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fán wén mò jiē
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
faan4 man4 mut6 jit3
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