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做手脚

/ zuò shǒu jiǎo /
Strokes
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Collocation

1
做手脚的人
2
不管做什么手脚
3
胆敢做手脚
4
在……(某事)上做手脚
5
小心被人做手脚
6
被做了手脚

Definition

做手脚:

Literally means:

make hands and feet

Actually means:

It means pulling the carpet from under sb's feet in order to gain personal benefits. Derogatory.

暗中做出某种对自己有利,对别人不利的安排。多指为了个人的目的,用隐蔽的手法作出某种安排。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or object. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、宾语、定语,中间可插入其他词语)
1
Wèile
为了
duō
zhuànqián
赚钱
  
,
men
他们
zài
大米
zuò
le
shǒujiǎo
手脚
  
,
xīn
zhōng
hún
yǒu
bàn
一半
de
jiù
  

In order to make more money, they made their hands and feet in the rice, and mixed half of the old rice in the new rice.

2
Shuì
税务局
de
rén
jǐnggào
警告
men
他们
shuō
  
,
yàoshi
要是
men
他们
zài
gǎn
zuòshǒujiǎo
做手脚
  
,
tōushuì
偷税
lòushuì
漏税
  
,
jiāng
bèi
diàoxiāo
吊销
yíngzhízhào
营业执照
  

People in the Inland Revenue Department have warned them that if they dare to do it again and steal taxes, their business licenses will be revoked.

3
men
他们
xià
le
juéxīn
决心
  
,
guǎn
不管
yòng
shénme
什么
bàn
办法
  
,
dìng
一定
yào
zuòshǒujiǎo
做手脚
de
rén
chá
chūlái
出来
  

They made up their minds that, by any means, they must find out who they were doing.

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