落马

luò mǎ

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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 落马

• 中箭落马 中箭落马 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ: lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
• 落马洲 落马洲 luò mǎ zhōu: Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong)

Child Words of 落马

• 落 落 là: to leave out
• 落 落 lào: colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds
• 落 落 luò: to fall or drop
• 马 马 mǎ: horse