繁文

convoluted / elaborate formalities

old variant of 繁[fan2]

complicated / many / in great numbers / abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

convoluted and overelaborate (document) / unnecessarily elaborate writing / mumbo-jumbo