指鹿为马

Traditional: 指鹿為馬

zhǐ lù wéi mǎ

Dictionary entry

making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation

What does 指鹿为马 mean?

指鹿为马 (zhǐ lù wéi mǎ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation

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指zhǐfinger · to point at or to 鹿lùdeer 为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as 马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

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指鹿为马

zhǐ lù wéi mǎ

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