舞文弄墨

舞文弄墨
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(idiom) to display one's facility with words

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    (idiom) to display one's facility with words

    • He likes to show off his literary talents.

  2. verb

    to show off one's literary skills

  3. verb

    (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])

    • He enjoys playing with words and writing.

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Dancing is when two feet move in opposite directions as if there is no longer gravity.

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