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偷奸取巧

Word · VerbTraditional投機取巧

seek quick gains through trickery; opportunistic

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to seek private gains through trickery; to take advantage of situations with minimal effort; opportunistic

derogatory

Strongly derogatory. Describes someone who avoids hard work and instead relies on cunning or exploiting loopholes to benefit themselves. Often used to criticize work ethics or business practices.

Tā他
zhè这
rén人
zhuān专
huì会
tōu投
jī机
qǔ取
qiǎo巧
 ,
gàn干
shì事
quán全
píng凭
yī一
zhāng张
zuǐ嘴
 。

This guy is always looking for shortcuts; he gets things done purely with his silver tongue.

Zuò做
xué学
wèn问
yào要
jiǎo脚
tà踏
shí实
dì地
 ,
bù不
néng能
tōu投
jī机
qǔ取
qiǎo巧
 。

Academic research requires a down-to-earth approach; you can't take shortcuts.

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Zhè这
jiā家
gōng公
sī司
kào靠
tōu投
jī机
qǔ取
qiǎo巧
táo逃
shuì税
 ,
zuì最
zhōng终
bèi被
chá查
chǔ处
le了
 。

This company relied on trickery to evade taxes and was eventually investigated and punished.