Hmm… it’s an idiom “calling a deer a horse” meaning “deliberate peddling of a

Hmm… it’s an idiom “calling a deer a horse” meaning “deliberate peddling of a falsehood”. The english equivalent is uncommon but far less poetic: “calling black white.” The english is a very literal or analytic expression just as the chinese is a very literary or poetic expression. Typical of both cultures. So there is more ‘meaning’ in the chinese (literary, poetic) version. A great example of chinese low precision high context, vs english low context high precision language.

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Source date (UTC): 2024-03-30 04:05:33 UTC

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