舞文弄墨
Traditional form:
舞文弄墨
Pinyin (reading):
wǔwénnòngmò
Definitions:
- (idiom) to display one's facility with words
- to show off one's literary skills
- (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨 (mò) was a reference to 繩墨／绳墨 (shéngmò))
Characters:
- 舞 - to dance; to brandish
- 文 - culture, literature, writing
- 弄 - to do; to mock, to tease; to play with
- 墨 - ink; writing; Mexico
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