落马洲 |
Luò mǎ zhōu |
Lok Ma Chau (place in Hong Kong) |
落 |
là |
to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind or forget to bring / to lag or fall behind |
落 |
lào |
colloquial reading for 落 in certain compounds |
落 |
luò |
to fall or drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline or sink / to lag or fall behind / to fall onto / to rest with / to get or receive / to write down / whereabouts / settlement |
落马 |
luò mǎ |
(lit.) to fall from a horse / (fig.) to suffer a setback / to come a cropper / to be sacked (e.g. for corruption) |
马 |
Mǎ |
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
马 |
mǎ |
horse / CL:匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess |
洲 |
zhōu |
continent / island in a river |