板凳球员

板凳球員

bǎndèng qiúyuán

noun

Meanings

1 bench player
2 substitute player who rarely starts

Characters

Examples

他从板凳球员成长为球队核心。

Tā cóng bǎndèng qiúyuán chéngzhǎng wéi qiúduì héxīn.

He grew from a bench player into the team's core.

这支球队的板凳球员实力也很强。

Zhè zhī qiúduì de bǎndèng qiúyuán shílì yě hěn qiáng.

This team's bench players are also very strong.

Tips

memory

板凳 literally 'wooden bench' — the image is of players sitting on the bench waiting to be subbed in. Calque of English 'bench player'.

Stroke Order

板 bǎn

凳 dèng

球 qiú

员 yuán