Re1: 指鹿為馬 (to blatantly lie in the face of truth)

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Learning Chinese through Idioms and Stories: 中英成語歷史典故

Kenny Flinnex Yang

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Learning idioms and the history and culture behind them is crucial in understanding how east Asian communities view the world. This series aims to bridge the gap between pure form mandarin and modern English and Chinese.

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Re1: 指鹿為馬 (to blatantly lie in the face of truth)

Learning Chinese through Idioms and Stories: 中英成語歷史典故

7 minutes 57 seconds

1 year ago

Re1: 指鹿為馬 (to blatantly lie in the face of truth)

指鹿為馬 (to blatantly lie in the face of truth)

[zhǐ lù wéi mǎ]

指 : to point to, or to refer to

鹿 : deer

為 : to be, as

馬 : horse

Def:

將鹿指稱是馬，以展現自己的威權。比喻人刻意顛倒是非。

Claiming that a deer is a horse, in order to display one’s own power by coercing obedience of others or to blatantly lie in the face of truth. Describing one to intentionally manipulate or to deliberately misrepresent the truth.