Chinese Word: 官样文章 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

官 guān 样 yàng 文 wén 章 zhāng (Trad.: 官樣文章)

officialese; red tape

1		zhè xiē 这些 huà 话 dāng rán 当然 shì 是 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 Of course, those words are gobbledygook on the whole.
2		zhè 这 tīng 听 qi lai 起来 què shí 确实 yǒu diǎn 有点 xiàng 像 shì 是 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 If this sounds like gobbledygook, it kind of is.
3		tā men 他们 jǐn jǐn 仅仅 bǎ 把 mù guāng 目光 fàng dào 放到 jiǎn shuì 减税 yǐ jí 以及 jiǎn shǎo 减少 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 They focus merely on tax cuts and slashing red tape.
4		bā luó zuǒ 巴罗佐 hái 还 yán lì pī píng 严厉批评 le 了 huán rào 环绕 tán pàn 谈判 suǒ 所 zuò 做 de 的 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 Barroso was also scathing about the red tape surrounding the negotiations.
5		ér 而 zhōng guó 中国 zé 则 yǎo wén jiáo zì 咬文嚼字、 bì kāi 避开 měi fāng 美方 bù mǎn 不满 de 的 shí zhì 实质， zuò 做 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 Now the Chinese have responded by seizing on the form of American language to avoid dealing with the substance of American complaints.

1		zhè xiē 这些 huà 话 dāng rán 当然 shì 是 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 Of course, those words are gobbledygook on the whole.
2		zhè 这 tīng 听 qi lai 起来 què shí 确实 yǒu diǎn 有点 xiàng 像 shì 是 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 If this sounds like gobbledygook, it kind of is.
3		tā men 他们 jǐn jǐn 仅仅 bǎ 把 mù guāng 目光 fàng dào 放到 jiǎn shuì 减税 yǐ jí 以及 jiǎn shǎo 减少 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 They focus merely on tax cuts and slashing red tape.
4		bā luó zuǒ 巴罗佐 hái 还 yán lì pī píng 严厉批评 le 了 huán rào 环绕 tán pàn 谈判 suǒ 所 zuò 做 de 的 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 Barroso was also scathing about the red tape surrounding the negotiations.
5		ér 而 zhōng guó 中国 zé 则 yǎo wén jiáo zì 咬文嚼字、 bì kāi 避开 měi fāng 美方 bù mǎn 不满 de 的 shí zhì 实质， zuò 做 guān yàng wén zhāng 官样文章。 Now the Chinese have responded by seizing on the form of American language to avoid dealing with the substance of American complaints.