| 釋義 |
指鹿為馬zhǐ lù wéi mǎcall a stag a horse—deliberately misrepresent; call black white; distort facts (at will); encourage sycophancy or practise it;wilful misinterpretation (/mispresentation)
? 八月，已亥，趙高欲為亂，恐群臣不聽，乃先設(shè)驗(yàn)，持鹿獻(xiàn)于二世，曰： “馬也。”二世笑曰： “丞相誤邪？謂鹿為馬?！?《史記·秦始皇本紀(jì)》)In the eighth month Zhao Gao,eager to usurp power,made a test to see if the officials would obey him or not. He presented a stag to the emperor,describing it as a horse . The emperor said with a laugh. “Haven’t you made a mistake,prime minister? This is a stag,not a horse.” 指鹿為馬zhi lu wei macall a stag a horse—deliberately misrepresent 指鹿為馬zhǐ lù wéi mǎ指著鹿說是馬。比喻故意混淆是非，顛倒黑白。deliberately misrepresent, call a stag a horse, swear that black is white, deliberately deception |