升班马

Traditional form:

升班馬

Pinyin (reading):

shēngbānmǎ

Definitions:

• (sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league)

Characters:

• 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
• 班 - class, squad, team, work shift
• 马 - horse; surname

Traditional characters:

• 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
• 班 - class, squad, team, work shift
• 馬 - horse; surname