勾结 (gōu jié) — to collude with, to conspire with (in a negative sense)
Definition
勾结 (gōujié) means 'to collude' — always negative, for secret cooperation in wrongdoing, unlike neutral 联手 or 协同 ('work together').
verb
to collude withto conspire with (in a negative sense)
Examples
- 勾结，。Nà ge guān yuán yīn wèi gōu jié shāng rén, bèi kāi chú le.That official was dismissed for colluding with businessmen.
- 勾结，。Tā men gōu jié zài yì qǐ, qǐ tú pò huài xuǎn jǔ.They colluded together in an attempt to sabotage the election.
- 勾结。Jǐng fāng fā xiàn zhè liǎng huǒ rén àn zhōng gōu jié.The police discovered that these two groups were secretly colluding.
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