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Chinese[edit]
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to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
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horse; surname
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trad. (落馬)
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落
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馬
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simp. (落马)
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落
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马
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Pronunciation[edit]
落馬
- (literary) to fall from one's horse
- (figurative)
- to come a cropper; to suffer a defeat
- to be caught; to get arrested; to be sacked; (of a government official) to be ousted (over corruption or sexual scandals)