指鹿为马

Traditional form:

指鹿為馬

Pinyin (reading):

zhǐlùwéimǎ

Definitions:

• making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation

Characters:

• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 鹿 - deer; surname
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 马 - horse; surname

Traditional characters:

• 指 - finger, toe; to point, to indicate
• 鹿 - deer; surname
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 馬 - horse; surname