不以词害志

Traditional: 不以詞害誌

bù yǐ cí hài zhì

Dictionary entry

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

What does 不以词害志 mean?

不以词害志 (bù yǐ cí hài zhì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1don't let rhetoric spoil the message (idiom); don't get carried away with flowery speech to the detriment of what you want to say

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]词cíold variant of 詞|词[ci2]害hàito do harm to · to cause trouble to 志zhìaspiration · ambition

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不以词害志

bù yǐ cí hài zhì

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