At whose hand will the deer fall?
To determine who the winner of a competition is after having to wait a long time. Previously used to indicate that it was unknown where political power would fall
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比赛还未进行，鹿死谁手还不得而知 | Bǐsài hái wèi jìnxíng, lùsǐshéishǒu hái bùdé'érzhī
The match hasn't started yet, so the victor is still unknown
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我们关于选战激烈地区的列表显示了70多个选区，到了11月，这些地方的竞争将最为激烈，那里的胜败也决定了对众议院的控制权将鹿死谁手 | Wǒmen guānyú xuǎnzhàn jīliè dìqū de lièbiǎo xiǎnshì le 70 duō gè xuǎnqū, dào le 11 yuè, zhè xiē dìfāng de jìngzhēng jiāng zuì wéi jīliè, nàlǐ de shèngbài yě juédìng le duì zhòngyìyuàn de kòngzhìquán jiāng lùsǐshéishǒu
Our list of the battlegrounds shows the 70 districts that will be in closest contention in November and where control of the House will be won or lost
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《晋书》(Jìn Shū), a work documenting the history of the Jìn Dynasty (晋, 265 - 420). It was written by Táng Dynasty (唐, 618 - 907) historian 房玄龄 (Fáng Xuán Líng)
During the Sixteen Kingdoms Period (五胡十六国 | wǔ hú shí liù guó | 304 - 439), 石勒 (Shí Lè), the ruler of the state of 后赵 (Hòu Zhào, or the Later Zhao) threw a banquet. After several rounds of drinks, everyone was slightly drunk, and the 石勒 turned to his minister 徐光 (Xú Guāng) and asked loudly, "How do I compare to the great leaders of old?"
徐光 grew terrified, and he promptly compared his leader's intellect and power to that of the 刘邦 (Liú Bāng), the founder of the Hàn Dynasty (汉, 206 BC - 220 AD), and 曹操 (Cáo Cāo), the warlord and later ruler of what became the state of 魏 (Wèi, 220 - 280).
However, 石勒 countered this praise, saying, "If I were ever to meet 刘邦, I would certainly be a loyal servant. In fact, I would vie with [刘邦's great generals] 韩信 (Hán Xìn) and 彭越 (Péng Yuè) to see who among us was the strongest. However, if I were to meet the Hàn emperor 刘秀 (Liú Xiù), then I would go hunting with him and see at whose hand the deer would fall."