指鹿为马 — Chinese idiom
指鹿为马
zhǐ lù wéi mǎ
Traditional: 指鹿為馬
Meaning
- making a deer out to be a horse ; deliberate misrepresentation
Character by character
- 指zhǐfinger, toe; to point, to indicate
- 鹿lùdeer; surname
- 为wéito do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
- 马mǎhorse; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一弹指顷 yī tán zhǐ qǐng
- 了如指掌 liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 如臂使指 rú bì shǐ zhǐ
- 屈指可数 qū zhǐ kě shǔ
- 弹指之间 tán zhǐ zhī jiān
- 指手画脚 zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
- 指日可待 zhǐ rì kě dài
- 指桑骂槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái
- 指腹为婚 zhǐ fù wéi hūn
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