落马
落马
luò mǎ
(lit.) to fall from a horse; (fig.) to suffer a setback; to come a cropper; to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
verb
Traditional: 落馬
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- (verb) (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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Related Words
中箭落马(zhòng jiàn luò mǎ)· lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
→一落千丈(yī luò qiān zhàng)· lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
→人有失手，马有失蹄(rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí)· lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
→倒栽葱(dào zāi cōng)· to fall headlong
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