打点 (打點)
dǎ dian
Pinyin

Definition

打点 (打點)
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dǎ dian
  1. to bribe
  2. to get (luggage) ready
  3. to put in order
  4. to organize things
  5. (baseball) RBI (run batted in)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 dozen (loanword)
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
dǎ xià
  1. 1 to lay (a foundation)
  2. 2 to conquer (a city etc)
  3. 3 to shoot down (a bird etc)
dǎ jiāo dào
  1. 1 to come into contact with
  2. 2 to have dealings

Idioms (20)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
yī wǎng dǎ jìn
  1. 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
  3. 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打,上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
bù dǎ bù chéng qì
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

Sample Sentences

花钱雇“枪手”替考的都是些“富二代”、“官二代”们,有财力有背景,早上下打点好了。就算被发现了,监考老师也照样“睁一只眼闭一只眼”。
huāqián gù “qiāngshǒu ”tìkǎo de dōu shì xiē “fùèrdài ”、“guānèrdài ”men ,yǒu cáilì yǒu bèijǐng ,zǎo shàngxià dǎdian hǎo le 。jiùsuàn bèi fāxiàn le ,jiānkǎo lǎoshī yě zhàoyàng “zhēngyīzhīyǎnbìyīzhīyǎn ”。
Those who spend money to hire "surrogate exam-takers" to sit in for them are all "children of wealthy parents", and "children of government officials". They have the financial resources and background and have fixed everything beforehand. Even if they are found out, the proctors will "turn a blind eye" as usual.
我尽量。不过每次都按他们的要求肯定做不到。要不我们去打点一下他们的采购,我看那个小王应该挺容易说话的。
wǒ jǐnliàng 。bùguò měicì dōu àn tāmen de yāoqiú kěndìng zuò bu dào 。yàobu wǒmen qù dǎdiǎn yīxià tāmen de cǎigòu ,wǒ kàn nàge Xiǎo Wáng yīnggāi tǐng róngyì shuōhuà de 。
I'll do what I can. However, we definitely can't do things according to their requests every time. Perhaps we bribe their purchaser. I think that Xiao Wang should be easy to talk with.
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收回来再加工一下吧。你们做事也要上点儿心,否则再怎么打点也没用的。
shōu huílai zài jiāgōng yīxià ba 。nǐmen zuòshì yě yào shàngdiǎnrxīn ,fǒuzé zài zěnme dǎdian yě méiyòng de 。
After you get them back, do some more work on them. When you do it, you also need to be careful, otherwise bribing won't be of any use.
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以前一去医院看感冒就给你打点滴。现在国家管得紧了。不过这是好事情,滥用抗生素危害很严重,普通细菌耐药性不断增强会变异成超级细菌,就没有药可以治疗了。
yǐqián yī qù yīyuàn kàn gǎnmào jiù gěi nǐ dǎdiǎndī 。xiànzài guójiā guǎn de jǐn le 。bùguò zhè shì hǎo shìqing ,lànyòng kàngshēngsù wēihài hěn yánzhòng ,pǔtōng xìjūn nàiyàoxìng bùduàn zēngqiáng huì biànyì chéng chāojí xìjūn ,jiù méiyǒu yào kěyǐ zhìliáo le 。
Before, as soon as I went to the hospital with a cold they'd put me on an IV. Now the government regulates it very strictly. However, this is a good thing. The dangers of abusing antibiotics are very serious. Regular bacteria that continue to grow more resistant to drugs can become super bugs, and then no medicines can treat them.
想赚钱就要舍得花钱。特别是我们这一行,人脉很重要,有很多关系需要打点。
xiǎng zhuànqián jiùyào shěde huāqián 。tèbié shì wǒmen zhè yī háng ,rén mài hěn zhòngyào ,yǒu hěn duō guānxi xūyào dǎdian 。
If you want to make money, you have to be willing to spend money. Especially in our industry, personal connections are really important. We have to build relationships.
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反正,西施和貂蝉多少都和欺骗联系在一起。虽然有外在美,但内在美的话要打点折扣。
fǎnzhèng ,Xī Shī hé Diāo Chán duōshao dōu hé qīpiàn liánxì zài yīqǐ 。suīrán yǒu wàizài měi ,dàn nèizài měi dehuà yào dǎ diǎn zhékòu 。
However, Xi Shi and Diao Chan were linked by the fact that they were both duplicitous. Although they were outwardly beautiful, they definitely need to have some points deducted due to their inner character.