to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
trad. 指鹿作馬
Also written 指鹿作馬【zhǐ lù zuò mǎ】
Characters in this word
4指
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finger, to point at or to, to indicate or refer to, to depend on, to count on, (of hair) to stand on end
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1173 of 2500
鹿
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deer
- Pinyin
- lù
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 10247 of 2500
作
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(bound form) worker, (bound form) workshop, (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- Pinyin
- zuō
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1866 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500