打点 (打點)
dǎ dian
Pinyin
Definition
打点 (打點)
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- to bribe
- to get (luggage) ready
- to put in order
- to organize things
- (baseball) RBI (run batted in)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 dozen (loanword)
- 1 to open
- 2 to show (a ticket)
- 3 to turn on
- 4 to switch on
- 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- 3 to capture them all in one go
- 1 to lay (a foundation)
- 2 to conquer (a city etc)
- 3 to shoot down (a bird etc)
- 1 to come into contact with
- 2 to have dealings
Idioms (20)
一炮打响
- 1 to win instant success (idiom)
- 2 to start off successfully
一网打尽
- 1 lit. to catch everything in the one net (idiom)
- 2 fig. to scoop up the whole lot
- 3 to capture them all in one go
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
不打不成器
- 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
不打不成才
- 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”。
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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。
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.
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。
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.