麋鹿
mí lù
Pinyin
Definition
麋鹿
-
- Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered
Character Decomposition
Idioms (5)
指鹿作马
- 1 to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
指鹿为马
- 1 making a deer out to be a horse (idiom); deliberate misrepresentation
群雄逐鹿
- 1 great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom); fig. many vie for supremacy
逐鹿中原
- 1 lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom)
- 2 fig. to attempt to seize the throne
鹿死谁手
- 1 to whom the deer falls (idiom); the one to emerge victor (i.e. to seize the empire)
- 2 prize winner
- 3 champion
Sample Sentences
麋鹿
Reindeer.