搭路
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English
- using connections (guanxi) to bend the rules; getting something by networking
- to build up a connection through interpersonal relationship, or to find out a shortcut to skip through gateways, in order to make it easier to accomplish the target; lit. to build a road
粵語 — Cantonese
- 比喻透過人際關係建立事前聯繫、或得到通過關口嘅事先准許,令事件能夠更易解決
Examples
搭晒路
the connections has all been built up beforehand
你朋友響A記波鞋代理度做,可唔可以幫我搭路訂批限量版波鞋?
Your friend works at the A brand sport shoes distributor. Could you use your connections to help me order some limited edition sneakers?
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk