拉下马
lā​xià​mǎ

to overthrow

  • created sense approved 拉下马/拉下馬 · lā​xià​mǎ · to overthrow — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拉下马 / 拉下馬

    lā​xià​mǎ

    to overthrow

    To pull someone off their horse; figuratively used to mean to unseat a person in power or depose someone from a leadership position

    拉下, 马

    拉 (literal) → 拉 · lā · to pull 下马 (literal) → 下马/下馬 · xià​mǎ · to dismount

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense