汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 纸马
纸马 (紙馬)
paper dolls for ritual use in the shape of people or animals
旧俗祭祀时所用的神像纸,祭毕随即焚化。古代祭祀用牲币,秦俗用马,后演变为用木马。唐王玙以纸为币,用纸马以祀鬼神◇世刻板以五色神佛像出售,名曰纸马。或谓旧时所绘神像,皆画马其上,以为神佛乘骑之用,故称纸马。又称甲马。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

汨罗江的主要支流有昌江河、纸马河、车对河、钟洞河、木瓜河、黄金洞。

Miluo river's main tributaries of a river-chang, paper ma river, the cars on the river, Tung Chung river, papaya river, gold holes.

而且我们的赛车是更重要的是,布里亚·托雷是称的西班牙体育报纸马卡。

And our car is even better than that, Briatore is quoted as saying by the Spanish sports newspaper Marca.