你是跑到这里 来跟领导搞关系
“You came all the way here to social with the officials.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“No wonder I haven't seen you in the Criminal Police Unit.”
你是跑 到这里 来跟 领导 搞关系
“You came all the way here to social with the officials.”
“Are you the Li Xiang I know? Do you really know me?”
“You abandoned our team and our principles just to kiss up to the bosses.”
While networking (guanxi) is pervasive, brazenly sucking up to superiors at the expense of professional duty often elicits deep moral contempt among dedicated peers.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
curry favor; play politics; cultivate personal connections
Often carries a pejorative connotation of networking through opportunistic or unethical means rather than merit.