Chinese language progresses from characters to idioms. This free guide explains the advanced idiom 「指鹿為馬」 for better learning.
The featured idiom 「指鹿為馬」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.
Pointing at a deer, he said it was a horse. A metaphor for deliberately confusing right and wrong.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhǐ lù wéi mǎ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ji2 luk2 wai6/wai4 ma5
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