後こう塵じんを拝はいする

expression, suru verb (special)

be left in the dust; be outdone

Idiomatic expression meaning to fall far behind someone in ability, achievement, or progress, as if following the dust they kick up. Often used with ～の後塵を拝する.

• 彼かれの才さい能のうにはとてもかなわず、いつも後こう塵じんを拝はいしている。

  I can never match his talent and am always left in the dust.

expression, suru verb (special)

play second fiddle; be subordinate

Idiomatic use for being in a subordinate or less prominent position, often in a competitive or hierarchical context. Less common than sense 1.

• 彼かれは常つねに兄あにの後こう塵じんを拝はいする立たち場ばに甘あまんじている。

  He always resigns himself to playing second fiddle to his older brother.