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升班馬

简升班马 · 繁升班馬

Mandarin · pinyin shēng bān mǎ

(sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league)

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升: shēng · arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭
班: bān · class, group, grade; squad; job
馬: Look up this written character
马: mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187

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1–1–3 · sheng1 ban1 ma3

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noun

(sports) newly promoted team

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