升班马

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

CEDICT

sports

Entry Composition

=1 升 shēng
  1. to ascend; to rise
  2. to promote; to elevate
  3. liter
  4. unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗 dǒu)
=1 升 shēng
  1. to ascend; to rise (variant of 升 shēng)
  2. to promote; to elevate (variant of 升 shēng)
=1 升 shēng
  1. to ascend; to rise (variant of 升 shēng)
  2. to promote; to elevate (variant of 升 shēng)
2 班 bān
  1. team; class; grade
  2. (military) squad
  3. work shift
  4. classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

classifier: 個
3 马 mǎ
  1. horse
  2. horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
  3. knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹