flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery
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
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
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