Meaning of 走马灯
走马灯 means revolving lantern; running-horse lantern (traditional folk toy); kaleidoscope of events; rapid succession (of people or things). Pronounced zǒu mǎ dēng.
- revolving lantern; running-horse lantern (traditional folk toy)
- kaleidoscope of events; rapid succession (of people or things)
Definitions & Examples
Yuán元
xiāo宵
jié节
miào庙
huì会
shàng上
，
gè各
shì式
gè各
yàng样
de的
zǒu走
mǎ马
dēng灯
xī吸
yǐn引
le了
dà大
pī批
yóu游
kè客
。
At the Lantern Festival temple fair, various revolving lanterns attracted large crowds of tourists.
Zhè这
gè个
zǒu走
mǎ马
dēng灯
lǐ里
jiǎn剪
de的
shì是
sān三
guó国
yǎn演
yì义
de的
gù故
shì事
rén人
wù物
。
This revolving lantern has paper cutouts of characters from *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*.
Zhú烛
guāng光
de的
rè热
liàng量
tuī推
dòng动
zǒu走
mǎ马
dēng灯
de的
lún轮
zi子
huǎn缓
huǎn缓
zhuàn转
dòng动
。
The heat from the candle flame slowly turns the wheel of the revolving lantern.
Relations
Measure Words
个/ gè
Primary
盏/ zhǎn