lǜ​yè

supporting role

绿叶 (綠葉) lǜ​yè
supporting role noun
an actor or person playing a secondary or supporting position to highlight a main lead

He was willing to play a supporting role in this play to highlight the lead character.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.980 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
2.96 per million

Sources

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