走马灯

Traditional form:

走馬燈

Pinyin (reading):

zǒumǎdēng

Definitions:

• lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節／元宵节 ( Yuánxiāojié)
• (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)

Characters:

• 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
• 马 - horse; surname
• 灯 - lamp, lantern, light

Traditional characters:

• 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 燈 - lamp, lantern, light