跑龙套
pǎo lóng tào
Pinyin

Definition

跑龙套
 - 
pǎo lóng tào
  1. to play a small role

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

外套
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
套
tào
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to encase
  3. 3 cover
  4. 4 sheath
  5. 5 to overlap
  6. 6 to interleave
  7. 7 to model after
  8. 8 to copy
  9. 9 formula
  10. 10 harness
  11. 11 loop of rope
  12. 12 (fig.) to fish for
  13. 13 to obtain slyly
  14. 14 classifier for sets, collections
  15. 15 bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. 16 tau (Greek letter Ττ)
跑
páo
  1. 1 (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
吓跑
xià pǎo
  1. 1 to scare away
奔跑
bēn pǎo
  1. 1 to run
套房
tào fáng
  1. 1 suite
  2. 2 apartment
  3. 3 flat
套装
tào zhuāng
  1. 1 outfit or suit (of clothes)
  2. 2 set of coordinated items
  3. 3 kit
套餐
tào cān
  1. 1 set meal
  2. 2 product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
手套
shǒu tào
  1. 1 glove
  2. 2 mitten
  3. 3 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
起跑线
qǐ pǎo xiàn
  1. 1 the starting line (of a race)
  2. 2 scratch line (in a relay race)
跑来跑去
pǎo lái pǎo qù
  1. 1 to scamper
  2. 2 to run around
跑步
pǎo bù
  1. 1 to run
  2. 2 to jog
  3. 3 (military) to march at the double
跑调
pǎo diào
  1. 1 to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
跑车
pǎo chē
  1. 1 racing bicycle
  2. 2 sporting bicycle
  3. 3 sports car
  4. 4 logging truck
  5. 5 on the job (of a train conductor)
逃跑
táo pǎo
  1. 1 to flee from sth
  2. 2 to run away
  3. 3 to escape
配套
pèi tào
  1. 1 to form a complete set
  2. 2 compatible
  3. 3 matching
  4. 4 complementary
一套
yī tào
  1. 1 suit
  2. 2 a set
  3. 3 a collection
  4. 4 of the same kind
  5. 5 the same old stuff
  6. 6 set pattern of behavior
不落俗套
bù luò sú tào
  1. 1 to conform to no conventional pattern
  2. 2 unconventional
  3. 3 offbeat
中长跑
zhōng cháng pǎo
  1. 1 middle distance race
乱套
luàn tào
  1. 1 in a mess
  2. 2 upside down

Idioms (6)

又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r5 pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r5 bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
东奔西跑
dōng bēn xī pǎo
  1. 1 to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
  2. 2 to bustle about
满嘴跑火车
mǎn zuǐ pǎo huǒ chē
  1. 1 (idiom) to have a glib tongue
  2. 2 to talk big
跑了和尚跑不了庙
pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miào
  1. 1 the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
  2. 2 you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
  3. 3 I'll get you sooner or later
  4. 4 also written 跑得了和尚，跑不了廟|跑得了和尚，跑不了庙[pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào]
跑了和尚，跑不了寺
pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sì
  1. 1 the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
  2. 2 you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
  3. 3 I'll get you sooner or later
跑得了和尚，跑不了庙
pǎo dé liǎo hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo miào
  1. 1 the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom)
  2. 2 you can run this time, but you'll have to come back
  3. 3 I'll get you sooner or later

Sample Sentences

领得到薪水，跑跑龙套有什么不好？
lǐng de dào xīnshuǐ ，pǎo pǎolóngtào yǒu shénme bùhǎo ？
As long as you get your salary, what's wrong with playing a small role?
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还行，我上个月才报到，现在只是在跑龙套。
hái xíng ，wǒ shànggèyuè cái bàodào ，xiànzài zhǐshì zài pǎolóngtào 。
It's okay. I only started last month, so I only play a small role.
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