鹿 lù deer 鹿 栈 县 lù zhàn xiàn Deer 逐 鹿 zhú lù to pursue deer / fig. to vie for supremacy 鹿 茸 lù róng young deer antler prior to ossification (used in TCM) 梅 花 鹿 méi huā lù sika deer 鹿 角 lù jiǎo antler / deer horn / abatis 麋 鹿 mí lù Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered 鹿 死 谁 手 lù sǐ shéi shǒu lit. at whose hand will the deer die (idiom) / fig. who will emerge victorious 马 鹿 mǎ lù red deer / fool / idiot (from Japanese "baka") 参 茸 shēn róng ginseng and young deer antler (used in TCM) 四 不 像 sì bù xiàng common name for 麋鹿[mi2 lu4], Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), which is said to resemble an amalgam of animals such as a cow, deer, donkey and horse / an odd mixture of disparate elements / hodgepodge / farrago 狍 子 páo zi Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) 坡 鹿 pō lù Eld's deer (Cervus eldii) 麝 shè musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) / also called 香獐子 狍 páo Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) 麇 jūn hornless deer 麃 páo (archaic) a type of deer 麀 yōu female deer / doe / female animal 麖 jīng red deer 群 雄 逐 鹿 qún xióng zhú lù great heroes pursue deer in the central plains (idiom) / fig. many vie for supremacy 指 鹿 作 马 zhǐ lù zuò mǎ to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom) / deliberate inversion of the truth 指 鹿 为 马 zhǐ lù wéi mǎ making a deer out to be a horse (idiom) / deliberate misrepresentation 逐 鹿 中 原 zhú lù zhōng yuán lit. hunting deer in the Central Plain (idiom) / fig. to attempt to seize the throne 马 鹿 易 形 mǎ lù yì xíng to distinguish horse and deer easily / to know right from wrong 天 禄 tiān lù auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail / possession of the empire 香 獐 子 xiāng zhāng zi musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) 黇 鹿 tiān lù fallow deer (Dama dama) 西 方 狍 xī fāng páo roe deer / capreolus capreolus 东 方 狍 dōng fāng páo Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) 矮 鹿 ǎi lù Siberian roe deer (Capreolus pygargus) 麠 jīng red deer / sambar deer 呦 呦 yōu yōu (literary) (onom.) bleating of a deer 獐 头 鼠 目 zhāng tóu shǔ mù lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom) / fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking