粵

走zau2馬maa5燈dang1

simp走马灯
zau2 maa5 dang1zǒu mǎ dēng

English

  1. lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2]
  2. (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
  3. a merry-go-round lantern

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 燈籠嘅一種,蠟燭產生熱力造成氣流,帶動燈籠轉動,燈籠內膽有剪紙,燭光將剪紙嘅影投射喺燈籠表面,造成會郁嘅效果。常見於元旦、元宵、中秋等節日

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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