舞文弄墨

wǔ wén nòng mò

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Definitions

1. (idiom) to display one's facility with words
2. to show off one's literary skills
3. (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨mò was a reference to 绳墨shéng mò)

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Child Words of 舞文弄墨

• 墨 墨 mò: ink stick
• 弄 弄 lòng: lane
• 弄 弄 nòng: to do
• 文 文 wén: language
• 舞 舞 wǔ: to dance