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做手脚

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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
多
zhuànqián
赚钱
  
,
tāmen
他们
zài
在
dàmǐ
大米
lǐ
里
zuò
做
le
了
shǒujiǎo
手脚
  
,
xīn
新
mǐ
米
zhōng
中
hún
混
yǒu
有
yībàn
一半
de
的
jiù
旧
mǐ
米
  
。

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
Shuìwùjú
税务局
de
的
rén
人
jǐnggào
警告
tāmen
他们
shuō
说
  
,
yàoshi
要是
tāmen
他们
zài
再
gǎn
敢
zuòshǒujiǎo
做手脚
  
,
tōushuì
偷税
lòushuì
漏税
  
,
jiāng
将
bèi
被
diàoxiāo
吊销
yíngyèzhízhào
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
Tāmen
他们
xià
下
le
了
juéxīn
决心
  
,
bùguǎn
不管
yòng
用
shénme
什么
bànfǎ
办法
  
,
yīdìng
一定
yào
要
bǎ
把
zuòshǒujiǎo
做手脚
de
的
rén
人
chá
查
chūlái
出来
  
。

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