不以辞害志
不以辞害志
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
idiom
Traditional: 不以辭害志
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- (idiom) 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
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Related Words
不以词害志(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
→花言巧语(huā yán qiǎo yǔ)— graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words
→一手交钱，一手交货(yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò)— lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
→管他呢(guǎn tā ne)— don’t worry about (it, him etc)
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