kavanin Posted June 2, 2013 at 06:50 PM Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 at 06:50 PM 明英宗当上皇帝后， 朝政被宦官把持， 以至于朝中不正之风盛行。当时外省官员回京办事, 都要向朝中权贵有所表示才行。 I can't get the highlighted part. Can you please help me understand it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 2, 2013 at 11:33 PM Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 at 11:33 PM It means "to offer gifts/bribes". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavanin Posted June 3, 2013 at 02:21 AM Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 at 02:21 AM Thank you. I couldn't find such a meaning in several dictionaries I looked up, I guess this meaning cannot be inferred from individual words or expressions, can it? Or is it the contracted form of a longer sentence, being some words were omitted? İf yes, what is it, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted June 3, 2013 at 03:20 AM Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 at 03:20 AM See explanation 3 of Collins Chinese-English Dictionary (noun - gesture) here. I also found "gesture" in my free version of Pleco. Is this close enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muirm Posted June 3, 2013 at 05:25 AM Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 at 05:25 AM I understand it as "to express [reverence]" or "to give a gesture [of respect]". The part in brackets is my interpretation of what is implied by the context but not stated. Taken one step further, of course, those are just euphemisms for some sort of requisite bribe/compensation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kavanin Posted June 3, 2013 at 11:08 AM Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 at 11:08 AM Thank you both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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