落马 - Zhictionary

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落马

落馬

luòmǎ

(lit.) to fall from a horse
(fig.) to suffer a setback
to come a cropper
to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)

(figurative)
(literal) to fall from one's horse
to be caught; to get arrested; to be sacked; (of a government official) to be ousted (over corruption or sexual scandals)
to come a cropper; to suffer a defeat
to fall from one's horse

骑马时从马上摔落。

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Entry Composition

to fall or drop
(of the sun) to set
(of a tide) to go out
to lower
to decline or sink
to lag or fall behind
to fall onto
to rest with
to get or receive
to write down
whereabouts
settlement

horse
horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
knight in Western chess

classifier: 匹

Containing this entry

zhòngjiànluòmǎ

lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
to suffer a serious setback (idiom)

Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)

Related entries

to fall head over heels
(fig.) to come a cropper