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落馬
简 落马 · 繁 落馬Mandarin · pinyin luò mǎ
Meanings
- (lit.) to fall from a horse
- (fig.) to suffer a setback
- to come a cropper
- to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
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4–3 · luo4 ma3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
lok6 maa5
Cantonese word readings for 落馬. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- (literal) to fall from one's horse
- (figurative) — to come a cropper; to suffer a defeat
- (figurative) — to be caught; to get arrested; to be sacked; (of a government official) to be ousted (over corruption or sexual scandals)
verb
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to dismount from one's horse
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to be welcomed with a feast or a play upon coming back from a trip
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