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舞文弄墨
wǔ wén nòng mò
What 舞文弄墨 means
- idiomto 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 {绳墨|shéng mò})
The characters in 舞文弄墨
- 舞wǔto dance; to wield; to brandish
- 文wénlanguage; culture; writing
- 弄nòngto do; to manage; to handle
- 墨mòink stick; China ink; corporal punishment consisting of tattooing characters on the…
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