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指鹿作马

zhǐ lù zuò mǎ

4-character word Traditional 指鹿作馬

What 指鹿作马 means

1. to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth

The characters in 指鹿作马

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 鹿lùdeer
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess