不以詞害誌 [ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˇ ㄘˊ ㄏㄞˋ ㄓˋ; bu4 yi3 ci2 hai4 zhi4] 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 ◄ ►