Chinese–English

舞文弄墨

wǔ wén nòng mò · wu wen nong mo

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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(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 (shéng mò))

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