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升班马

shēng bān mǎdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-5f717b9f20532515. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

升班馬 升班马 [sheng1 ban1 ma3] /(sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league)/

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Other forms in these source records: 升班馬

  • 升
    shēng

    to ascend / to rise / to promote / to elevate / liter / unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dǒu]) / to ascend / to rise (variant of 升[shēng]) / to promote / to elevate (variant of 升[shēng])

  • 班
    bān

    team / class / grade / (military) squad / work shift / classifier for groups of people and scheduled transport vehicles

    Bān

    surname Ban

  • 马
    mǎ

    horse / CL:匹[pǐ] / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess

    Mǎ

    surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Mǎ lái xī yà]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.