处处都要留下买路钱 谁都想啃你一口
“You have to bribe everywhere you go. Everyone wants to have a finger in the pie.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Fiscal subsidies have become the God of Wealth.”
处处 都要 留下买路钱 谁都想啃你一口
“You have to bribe everywhere you go. Everyone wants to have a finger in the pie.”
这前几天 各大公司的招标方案 都递交上来了
“A few days ago, the render schemes of all the companies have been handed in.”
“Doing business here is impossible because corrupt gatekeepers demand bribes at every single step.”
Metaphorical idioms like paying 'toll money' capture the frustration entrepreneurs feel toward bureaucratic gatekeepers who exploit approval power for illicit personal gains.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
toll money / illicit payoff / bribe
Historically referring to money paid to bandits for safe passage, it now colloquially refers to bribes paid to officials or gatekeepers.
take a bite out of someone / extort a share
A vivid colloquial metaphor describing opportunists trying to extract illicit financial benefits from a lucrative project.
