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Definition(s) for: 走马灯

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
走马灯 zǒu mǎ dēng - lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2]
- (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 97,197 53,865 62,123

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zǒu- to walk
- to go
- to run
- to move (of vehicle)
- to visit
- to leave
- to go away
- to die (euph.)
- from
- through
- away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3])
- to change (shape, form, meaning)
- surname Ma
- abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3lai2xi1ya4]
- horse
- CL:匹[pi3]
- horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess
- knight in Western chess
dēng- lamp
- light
- lantern
- CL:盞|盏[zhan3]

Other Words Containing 走马灯

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
走马灯 - - 97,197 53,865 62,123