拉关系

Traditional form:

拉關係

Pinyin (reading):

lāguānxì

Definitions:

• to seek contact with sb for one's own benefit
• to suck up to sb

Characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 系 - system; line, link, connection

Traditional characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
• 係 - system; line, link, connection