我来南京也是为了多寻一些门路
“I came to Nanjing to find more connections”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
再说清鹤仙人最近 在京城惹了不少麻烦
“Besides, Sage Qing He has recently been in a lot of trouble in the Capital.”
我来 南京 也是 为了多寻一些 门路
“I came to Nanjing to find more connections”
免得日后受他牵连不是 你还敢再攀龙附凤
“so we won't be implicated by him in the future. How dare you keep chasing powerful connections?”
“I'm just trying to secure a safety net for us so we don't go down with him.”
In Chinese social and political culture, having multiple channels of patronage ('menlu') is seen as an essential risk-mitigation strategy to survive shifting tides.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
also for the purpose of...
Use this structure to introduce a supplementary reason or justification for an action.
seek connections / find useful channels or avenues
Idiomatic colloquial expression referring to cultivating patronage, networks, or alternative solutions.
