鹿死不择音 (鹿死不擇音) lù sǐ bù zhái yīn

lù sǐ bù zhái yīn set phrase an injured deer has to time to choose retreat
Domain: Proverb 谚语
Notes: A hard pressed man will not take time to wisely choose who he follows (Guoyu '鹿死不擇音'; Mathews 1931 '鹿死不擇音', p. 33)

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• 卷六十五 皇甫張段列傳 Volume 65: Biographies of Huangfu, Zhang, Duan Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
• 文公 Lord Wen The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 1
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1