走门路

走门路:

Literally means:

solicit help from potential backers

Actually means:

门路, door and road, means know-how and ways of doing things.

This phrase figuratively means approaching the rich or the powerful people by offering them gifts or through other means with the aim of gaining personal interests; gain one's ends through pull. Derogatory.

门路，指做事的窍门和途径。

走门路，比喻用送礼或其他方式接近或讨好有权势的人，以便为自己获取利益。也指走后门。具有贬义色彩。