跑马灯

Traditional: 跑馬燈

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Dictionary entry

lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2]

What does 跑马灯 mean?

跑马灯 (pǎo mǎ dēng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2]

2chaser lights

3self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker

Character breakdown

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跑páo(of an animal) to paw (the ground)马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]灯dēnglamp · light

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