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跟屁虫

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Collocation

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做跟屁虫
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是条跟屁虫

Definition

跟屁虫

Literally means:

a fart-following insect

Actually means:

a follower

It refers to one who always follows on the heels of another person or one who always does what others do. It connotes a jocular or mocking tone.

总是跟在别人后面的人,或老是随着别人行动的人。含有开玩笑或取笑的意味。

Example

Used as object, subject or apposition. (作宾语、主语、同位语)
1
Xiǎoshíhou
小时候
  
,
lǎoshi
老是
gēnzhāo
跟着
ye
爷爷
  
,
ye
爷爷
dào
哪里
jiù
gēn
dào
哪里
  
,
biéren
别人
dōu
xiào
shì
ye
爷爷
de
gēnchóng
跟屁虫
  

When I was a child, I always follow grandpa, grandpa wherever I follow, others laugh that I am grandpa's.

2
guǒ
如果
men
我们
méiyǒu
没有
自己
kāi
开发
de
chǎnpǐn
产品
  
,
jiù
huì
yǒngyuǎn
永远
zuò
wàiguó
外国
rén
de
gēnchóng
跟屁虫
le
  

If we don't have our own products, we'll always be foreigners'.

3
kāishǐ
开始
chǎo
piào
股票
de
shíhou
时候
  
,
zhí
一直
zuò
gēn
chóng
屁虫
  
,
biéren
别人
mǎi
shénme
什么
  
,
mǎi
shénme
什么
  

When he started trading stocks, he was always doing things with, what stocks others bought, what stocks he bought.