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指鹿為馬 (zi2 luk6 wai4 maa5) — call a stag a horse - deliberately misrepresent; distort facts in Cantonese

ziˊ²指lukˍ₆鹿waiˎ₄為maaˏ₅馬
简 指鹿为马
Mandarin Pinyin: zhi3 lu4 wei2 ma3

Meaning of 指鹿為馬

nouncall a stag a horse - deliberately misrepresent; distort facts

Characters in 指鹿為馬

指zi2
point to/at; refer to
鹿luk6
deer; stag; doe
為wai4
used after an adverb for emphasis, e.g. 極為, 頗為
馬maa5
Kangxi radical 187

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