做手腳
simp做手脚zou6 sau2 goek3zuo4shou3jiao3zuò shǒu jiǎo
English
- to manipulate dishonestly; to tamper with sth
- (verb) 1. Secretly mess with (an objective in order to make it malfunction); 2. Make arrangement (on vote etc.)
- to do something illicit secretly
粵語 — Cantonese
- 暗中採取唔光彩嘅手段、小動作
Examples
佢做咗啲手腳令自己賺咗一大筆錢。
She secretly manipulated things to make a large profit.
佢喺份文件度做手腳,搞到公司蝕大錢。
Since he had made some changes to the document secretly, the company lost a big sum of money.
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk