繁文縟節

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

old variant of 繁[fan2]

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

convoluted / elaborate formalities

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

adorned / beautiful

see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

festival / holiday / node / joint / section / segment / part / to economize / to save / to abridge / moral integrity / classifier for segments, e.g. lessons, train wagons, biblical verses / CL:個|个[ge4]

joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)