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做文章

Mandarin · pinyin zuò wén zhāng

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4–2–1 · zuo4 wen2 zhang1

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zou6 man4 zoeng1

Cantonese word readings for 做文章. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

zou6 man4 zoeng1

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

(verb-object) to write an essay; to write a composition
(verb-object) to make a big thing out of a certain matter to achieve one's own goals