跑
龙
套

To play a small role in Chinese: 跑龙套 (pǎo lóng tào)

pǎo lóng tào

to play a small role

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 跑龍套1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to play a small role

Stroke order

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跑
龙
套

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄠˇ

pǎo

ㄆ/ pㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

ㄌㄨㄥˊ

lóng

ㄌ/ lㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄊㄠˋ

tào

ㄊ/ tㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

跑龙套

Simplified

跑龍套

Traditional

Example sentences

See 跑龙套 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他刚入行时只能跑龙套。

    tā gāng rù háng shí zhǐ néng pǎo lóng tào。

    When he first started out, he could only play bit parts.

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Related words

龙

lóng

dragon

套

tào

to cover

跑

pǎo

to run

跑步

pǎo bù

to run

手套

shǒu tào

glove

套餐

tào cān

set meal

外套

wài tào

coat

配套

pèi tào

to form a complete set

逃跑

táo pǎo

to flee from sth

奔跑

bēn pǎo

to run

长跑

cháng pǎo

long-distance running

恐龙

kǒng lóng

dinosaur

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