板凳球员

板凳球員
bǎndèngqiúyuán
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 bench player
  2. 2 substitute player who rarely starts

Examples

Tā cóng bǎndèngqiúyuán chéngzhǎng wéi qiúduì héxīn.
He grew from a bench player into the team's core.
Zhè zhī qiúduì de bǎndèngqiúyuán 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

bǎn
dèng
qiú
yuán