跑龙套 pǎo lóng tào

to play a small role

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 23479th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to play a small role

Characters

Character Meaning
跑 pǎo HSK 2
to run; (verb complement) away; to run away
龙 lóng HSK 5
dragon; imperial; surname Long
套 tào HSK 5
classifier for sets, collections; to cover; to encase