钻营 (zuān yíng) | Meaning: toadying for personal gain

to use influence to get what one wants · to find a way through (esp. corrupt) · to succeed by means fair or foul钻谋zuān móu

to move · to exercise · sports · exercise · motion · movement · campaign · CL: chǎng运动yùn dòng

to exercise; to move about; to work out · shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) · movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) · (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity · (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver · to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc活动huó dòng

insider contacts · via private channels · to seek influence with sb via family members (possibly dishonest or underhand)走内线zǒu nèi xiàn

(lit.) to enter through the back door · (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections · (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex走后门zǒu hòu mén

(lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom) · (fig.) to lead an undignified life; to resort to any means for personal gain蝇营狗苟yíng yíng gǒu gǒu

toadying for personal gain · to curry favor · to study in great depth

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