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落马
落
马
Traditional
落馬
luò
mǎ
word #31,172
verb
(lit.) to fall from a horse
(fig.) to suffer a setback
to come a cropper
to be sacked (e.g. for corruption)
Related words
下马
xià mǎ
to dismount from a horse
一蹶不振
yī jué bù zhèn
one stumble, unable to rise (idiom); a setback leading to total collapse
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
付诸东流
fù zhū dōng liú
wasted effort
前功尽弃
qián gōng jìn qì
to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
一落千丈
yī luò qiān zhàng
lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)
上下
shàng xià
the top and bottom of sth
下不来
xià bù lái
awkward
Appears in
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
落马洲
luò mǎ zhōu
Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)
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