pǎo lóng tào

Traditional: 跑龍套

HSK 7–9

跑龙套 (pǎo lóng tào) is a Chinese word meaning “to play a small role”.

Meanings

  1. 1to play a small role

Characters in 跑龙套

跑páo · (of an animal) to paw (the ground)龙lóng · Chinese dragon; loong套tào · to cover

Related words

跑(of an animal) to paw (the ground)跑to run套to cover逃跑to flee from sth龙Chinese dragon; loong龙surname Long外套outer garment; jacket; coat手套glove圈套trap; snare; trick跑步to run龙虾lobster恐龙dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1])

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