指鹿为马

指鹿為馬
zhǐlùwéimǎ
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to point at a deer and call it a horse
  2. 2 to deliberately misrepresent the truth

Examples

Tā jìngrán zhǐlùwéimǎ, diāndǎo shìfēi.
He actually calls a deer a horse, turning right and wrong upside down.
Zài zhèngjù miànqián, tā hái gǎn zhǐlùwéimǎ ma?
With the evidence in front of him, does he still dare distort the truth?

Tips

history
From 《史记·秦始皇》: the Qin eunuch Zhao Gao () presented a deer to the Second Emperor and called it a horse. Officials who agreed with him were spared; those who honestly called it a deer were later eliminated — a test of political loyalty.

Stroke Order

zhǐ
鹿
wèi