elegant phrase; beautiful expression
A refined or graceful phrase, often used in literary or poetic contexts. Can appear in the compound 美辞麗句 (びじれいく) meaning flowery words or rhetoric.
His speech was full of flowery phrases.
This poem uses many elegant phrases.
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
From 麗 (beautiful, elegant) and 句 (phrase, clause). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning of an elegant or refined phrase.