走马灯

zǒu mǎ dēng

lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2]

(fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)

走

zǒu

to walk

马

mǎ

abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]

灯

dēng

lamp