"Play second fiddle" nghĩa là gì?

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'Play second fiddle' có từ fiddle là cây vĩ cầm = chơi cây vĩ cầm thứ hai, nghĩa là ở vị trí ít quan trọng hơn, vị trí phụ thuộc.

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Prime Minister (Thủ tướng) Narendra Modi on Friday finally picked up the gauntlet (nhận lời thách thức) that had been repeatedly thrown at him by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and addressed a media conference — his first in five years — but did not field a single question, opting to play second fiddle to BJP president Amit Shah.

The Pokémon play second fiddle in their movie and the human characters (nhân vật) are serviceable (hữu dụng) at best and unbearable (không thể chịu đựng) at worst.

The Gunners goalkeeper (thủ môn) had to play second fiddle to Petr Cech during the early part of the season - but ended it as one of Unai Emery's key players.

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