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堆砌

Mandarin · pinyin duī qì

lit. to pile up (bricks)
to pack
fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases)
ornate rhetoric

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堆: duī · heap, pile, crowd; pile up
砌: qì · to build, pile up; stone steps, brick walk

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1–4 · dui1 qi4

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deoi1 cai3

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verb

to pile up something in order to build something; to build (by stacking up)
(figurative, derogatory) to fill one's writing with florid and fancy phrases such as purple prose

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