中原に鹿を逐う

Reading
ちゅうげんにしかをおう
English
①A power struggle ②A struggle for the throne
Notes
中原=central中 plains原, represents the central area of the known world, thought to originally be along the Yellow River. Chasing逐 a deer鹿 there was figurative for chasing a seat of power
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