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马前卒

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Strokes
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Collocation

1
是个马前卒
2
做个马前卒
3
当马前卒

Definition

马前卒

Literally means:

a soldier serving before the horse

Actually means:

a servant

In the old times it means person standing before the horse or the cart to offer service. It figuratively refers to a pawn or a person hired to serve others.

旧时在马前或车前供人使唤的人。比喻为别人效劳的小人物。

Example

Used as object. (作宾语)
1
Hěnduō
很多
rén
dōu
xiǎng
自己
zuò
lǎobǎn
老板
  
,
men
他们
rènwéi
认为
  
,
wéi
biéren
别人
zuòshì
做事
  
,
zuò
de
zài
hǎo
zhǐbuguò
只不过
shì
qián
马前卒
  

A lot of people want to be their own boss, they think that doing things for others, doing well is just a pawn.

2
juéde
觉得
自己
suīrán
虽然
méiyǒu
没有
néngnài
能耐
dāng
jiāngjūn
将军
  
,
dànshì
但是
guǒ
如果
néng
zuò
jiāngjūn
将军
de
qián
马前卒
hěn
cuò
不错
  

He felt that although he could not stand to be a general, but if he could be a general's pawn is also very good.

3
shì
yǒu
xīn
野心
de
rén
  
,
zěnme
怎么
néng
可能
xīngānqíngyuàn
心甘情愿
dāng
biéren
别人
de
qián
马前卒
ne
  
?

He is an ambitious man, how can he be willing to be someone else's pawn?

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