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跑马灯

pǎo mǎ dēng

3-character word Traditional 跑馬燈

What 跑马灯 means

1. lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival {元宵节|Yuán xiāo jié}
2. chaser lights
3. self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker

The characters in 跑马灯

• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 灯dēnglamp; light; lantern