指鹿作马 in English zhi3 lu4 zuo4 ma3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to take a deer and call it a horse (idiomatic expression); deliberate inversion of the truth

Simplified Characters

指 鹿 作 马

Traditional Characters

指 鹿 作 馬

Pinyin

zhi3 lu4 zuo4 ma3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

指zhi3finger 鹿lu4deer 作zuo4worker 马ma3surname Ma