[ dāobǐ ] (多指写诉讼状) writing of indictments, appeals, etc.; pettifoggery ◇刀笔吏 petty official who draws up indictments, etc.; pettifogger; 刀笔先生 man versed in law or in charge of legal documents
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刀笔先生: man versed in law or in charge of legal documents
The whole thing will be vastly ceremonious, wordy, unsatisfactory, and expensive, and i call it, in general, wiglomeration . 这件事情一定会弄得煞有介事，太费唇舌，引起不满，耗费钱财，所以我把这件事统称“刀笔”。
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How mankind ever came to be afflicted with wiglomeration, or for whose sins these young people ever fell into a pit of it, i don't know; so it is . 我不知道人们怎么就会饱受刀笔之苦，而这些年轻人又怎么就会由于刀笔的罪孽而掉到火坑里去；不过事实就是这样。
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The whole thing will be vastly ceremonious , wordy , unsatisfactory , and expensive , and i call it , in general , wiglomeration 这件事情一定会弄得煞有介事，太费唇舌，引起不满，耗费钱财，所以我把这件事统称“刀笔” 。
