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馬照跑,舞照跳

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Chinese

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horse; surname
according to; in accordance with; to shine
according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph
 
to run; to escape to dance; to wield; to brandish
according to; in accordance with; to shine
according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; photograph
 
jump; hop; skip (a grade)
jump; hop; skip (a grade); to leap; to bounce; to beat
 
trad. (馬照跑,舞照跳)
simp. (马照跑,舞照跳)
Literally: “running of horses and dancing [of people] will go on”.

Etymology

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From comments made by Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s on the handover of Hong Kong:

[MSC, trad.]
[MSC, simp.]
mǎ zhào pǎo, gǔ zhào chǎo, wǔ zhào tiào [Pinyin]
Horses will continue to run (referring to horse racing and gambling), stocks will continue to be speculated upon, and dancing (at nightclubs) will continue to go on.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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馬照跑,舞照跳

  1. the maintenance of one country, two systems; more broadly, the continuation of the status quo