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指鹿为马

zhǐ lù wéi mǎ

4-character word Traditional 指鹿為馬

What 指鹿为马 means

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

The characters in 指鹿为马

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 鹿lùdeer
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess