安插 (ān chā) — to place (someone in a position) surreptitiously or through connections; to plant (a spy)

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Examples

• 他把自己的亲信安插到了公司的重要部门。
  Tā bǎ zì jǐ de qīn xìn ān chā dào le gōng sī de zhòng yào bù mén.
  He placed his trusted followers into key departments of the company.
• 警方怀疑敌方向我们内部安插了间谍。
  Jǐng fāng huái yí dí fāng xiàng wǒ men nèi bù ān chā le jiàn dié.
  The police suspect the enemy has planted a spy inside our organization.
• 这个职位是通过正规招聘来的，不是谁安插我来的。
  Zhè ge zhí wèi shì tōng guò zhèng guī zhāo pìn lái de, bú shì shuí ān chā wǒ lái de.
  I got this position through formal recruitment — nobody sneaked me in.

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