走
后
门

Lit. to enter by the back door in Chinese: 走后门 (zǒu hòu mén)

zǒu hòu mén

lit. to enter by the back door

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 走後門1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1lit. to enter by the back door
  2. 2fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels
  3. 3back door or under the counter connections

Stroke order

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走
后
门

Simplified & traditional

走后门

Simplified

走後門

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他这份工作是靠走后门得来的。

    tā zhè fèn gōng zuò shì kào zǒu hòu mén dé lái de。

    He got this job through the back door.

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Related words

门

mén

gate

走

zǒu

to walk

后

hòu

empress

后面

hòu mian

the back

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

专门

zhuān mén

specialist

最后

zuì hòu

final

部门

bù mén

department

后果

hòu guǒ

consequences

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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