老婆当军 — “To be merely a placeholder”
老婆当军 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be merely a placeholder”. Serving no practical purpose or usefulness, just there to make up the numbers. Literally, “Wife acting as a soldier”.
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老婆当军 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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这次的项目团队虽然人数不少，但有些人像是老婆当军，实际能独立完成任务的没几个
Although the project team has many members, some are just there to make up the numbers, with few actually capable of completing tasks independently.
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More idioms starting with 老
- lǎo老bù不xiǎo晓shì事old and muddled
- lǎo老zhī之jiāng将zhì至old age is approaching
- lǎo老yú于shì世gù故worldly-wise and experienced
- lǎo老sēng僧rù入dìng定deeply absorbed and still
- lǎo老bā八bèi辈zi子extremely old-fashioned
- lǎo老yī医shǎo少bo卜Each has their own strengths
- lǎo老gǔ古bǎn板an old-fashioned stick-in-the-mud
- lǎo老gǔ古dǒng董old-fashioned person or thing
- lǎo老wú吾lǎo老yǐ以jí及rén人zhī之lǎo老Respect all elders as your own
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤Regret wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大tú徒shāng伤bēi悲lament wasted youth in old age
- lǎo老dà大wú无chéng成grow old without achieving anything
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Open the tool →Questions about 老婆当军
What does 老婆当军 mean?
老婆当军 (lǎo pó dāng jūn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be merely a placeholder”.
How do you pronounce 老婆当军?
老婆当军 is pronounced lǎo pó dāng jūn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 老婆当军 literally mean?
Literally, 老婆当军 means “Wife acting as a soldier”. It is used to mean “to be merely a placeholder”.
What is the Chinese definition of 老婆当军?
比喻毫无用处，只是充数而已。