"smalltime" in Chinese (Simplified)
小角色小规模的
Definition
用来形容人、组织或活动不重要、不有势力或不成功；常用于形容小角色或规模很小的非法活动。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
属于非正式用语，有时带有轻蔑意思。常用于形容不重要的小人物或小规模犯罪（如“小角色”）。不用于形容物品或中性情景。类似“无足轻重”。
Examples
He's just a smalltime thief with no real power.
他只是个**小角色**窃贼，没什么实力。
The police arrested a smalltime drug dealer last night.
警方昨晚抓捕了一名**小规模的**毒贩。
Many gangs started as smalltime operations.
许多帮派最初都是**小规模的**组织。
Don't worry about him—he's smalltime compared to the real bosses.
别担心他—和真正的大佬比起来他只是个**小角色**。
They thought they could scare us, but those guys are strictly smalltime.
他们以为能吓到我们，但那些家伙根本就是**小角色**。
After years in smalltime jobs, she finally landed a real position at a big company.
在做了多年**小规模的**工作后，她终于在大公司找到了一个真正的职位。