走门子
zǒu​mén​zi

to use pull

  • created reference approved 走门子/走門子 → 走门路/走門路 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    走门子 / 走門子 zǒu​mén​zi

    走门路 / 走門路 zǒu​mén​lu

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 走门子/走門子 → 走路子 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    走门子 / 走門子 zǒu​mén​zi

    走路子 zǒu​lù​zi

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

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  • created sense approved 走门子/走門子 · zǒu​mén​zi · to use pull — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    走门子 / 走門子

    zǒu​mén​zi

    to use pull

    To get what one wants by using social connections or by toadying to people in power.

    走, 门子

    走 (literal) → 走 · zǒu · through 门子 (literal) → 门子/門子 · mén​zi · social influence

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense