to juggle with words (dishonestly); to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric
trad. 玩弄詞藻
Also written 玩弄詞藻【wán nòng cí zǎo】
Characters in this word
4玩
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to play, to have fun, to trifle with, toy, sth used for amusement, curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]), to keep sth for entertainment
- Pinyin
- wán
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 390 of 2500
弄
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lane, alley
- Pinyin
- lòng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 466 of 2500
词
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old variant of 詞|词[ci2]
- Pinyin
- cí
- Traditional
- 䛐
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2348 of 2500
藻
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aquatic grasses, elegant
- Pinyin
- zǎo
- Strokes
- 19