跑龙套
pǎolóngtào
to play a minor role; to be an extra
Characters in this word
龙 lóng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 龙 — dragon
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
套 tào
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- 大 big, great, vast, high, deep 镸 long
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他在剧组跑龙套多年，后来才逐渐获得导演的认可。 Tā zài jùzǔ pǎo lóngtào duō nián, hòulái cái zhújiàn huòdé dǎoyǎn de rènkě. He spent years playing minor roles in film crews before gradually gaining the director's recognition.
- 我在这个项目里只是跑龙套，帮帮忙而已。 Wǒ zài zhè ge xiàngmù lǐ zhǐshì pǎo lóngtào, bāngbang máng éryǐ. In this project I'm just a bit player, helping out.
- 他年轻时在剧团跑龙套，演过很多小角色。 Tā niánqīng shí zài jùtuán pǎo lóngtào, yǎnguo hěn duō xiǎo juésè. When young he played walk-on parts in a theatre troupe, acting many small roles.
Related words
- 跑 pǎo to run
- 跑步 pǎobù to run
- 逃跑 táopǎo to run away
- 奔跑 bēnpǎo to run
- 起跑线 qǐpǎoxiàn starting line
- 赛跑 sàipǎo to race; running race
- 龙 lóng dragon
- 画龙点睛 huàlóngdiǎnjīng to add the finishing touch; make the crucial point
- 恐龙 kǒnglóng dinosaur
- 来龙去脉 láilóngqùmài ins and outs; the whole story
- 龙头 lóngtóu leader; leading enterprise; tap; faucet
- 沙龙 shālóng salon; informal discussion gathering