See 舞文弄墨 on Wiktionary
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"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "舞文弄墨",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to dance around with words and play with ink",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin chengyu",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"to show off one's literary skills; to be playful with language and words (in writing); to juggle with words"
],
"id": "en-舞文弄墨-zh-phrase-naoaNy9h",
"links": [
[
"show off",
"show off"
],
[
"literary",
"literary"
],
[
"skill",
"skill"
],
[
"playful",
"playful"
],
[
"language",
"language"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
],
[
"juggle",
"juggle"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wǔwénnòngmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁵ man⁴ lung⁶ mak⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wǔwénnòngmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wǔwúnnòngmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wu³-wên²-nung⁴-mo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wǔ-wén-nùng-mwò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wuuwennonqmoh"
},
{
"roman": "uvɛnʹnunmo",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "увэньнунмо"
},
{
"ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁵ man⁴ lung⁶ mak⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "móuh màhn luhng mahk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁵ man⁴ lung⁶ mak⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁵ men⁴ lung⁶ meg⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/mou̯¹³ mɐn²¹ lʊŋ²² mɐk̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "舞文弄墨"
}
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"expansion": "舞文弄墨",
"name": "head"
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],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to dance around with words and play with ink",
"pos": "phrase",
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"Cantonese lemmas",
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"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 墨",
"Chinese terms spelled with 弄",
"Chinese terms spelled with 文",
"Chinese terms spelled with 舞",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"to show off one's literary skills; to be playful with language and words (in writing); to juggle with words"
],
"links": [
[
"show off",
"show off"
],
[
"literary",
"literary"
],
[
"skill",
"skill"
],
[
"playful",
"playful"
],
[
"language",
"language"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"writing",
"writing"
],
[
"juggle",
"juggle"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wǔwénnòngmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁵ man⁴ lung⁶ mak⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wǔwénnòngmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄨˇ ㄨㄣˊ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄇㄛˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "wǔwúnnòngmò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "wu³-wên²-nung⁴-mo⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "wǔ-wén-nùng-mwò"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "wuuwennonqmoh"
},
{
"roman": "uvɛnʹnunmo",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "увэньнунмо"
},
{
"ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻²¹ wən³⁵ nʊŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁵ man⁴ lung⁶ mak⁶"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "móuh màhn luhng mahk"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁵ man⁴ lung⁶ mak⁹"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "mou⁵ men⁴ lung⁶ meg⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/mou̯¹³ mɐn²¹ lʊŋ²² mɐk̚²/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "舞文弄墨"
}
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