文牍主义

red tape

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

paperwork / official documents and letters / (old) secretary

documents

owner / master / host / individual or party concerned / God / Lord / main / to indicate or signify / trump card (in card games)

-ism / ideology

surname Yi / (Tw) abbr. for 義大利|义大利[Yi4 da4 li4], Italy

justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship