指鹿作马(zhǐ lù zuò mǎ): to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 指鹿作馬
to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- zhǐ lù zuò mǎ
- Meaning
- to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 指鹿作馬
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