舞文弄墨 in English wu3 wen2 nong4 mo4 Meaning
Meanings
- (idiomatic expression) 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[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])
Pinyin
wu3 wen2 nong4 mo4Literal
Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.
舞 文 弄 墨