粵

做zou6手sau2腳goek3

simp做手脚
zou6 sau2 goek3zuo4shou3jiao3zuò shǒu jiǎo

English

  1. to manipulate dishonestly; to tamper with sth
  2. (verb) 1. Secretly mess with (an objective in order to make it malfunction); 2. Make arrangement (on vote etc.)
  3. to do something illicit secretly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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

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