安插 (ān chā) — to place (someone in a position) surreptitiously or through connections; to plant (a spy)
Definition
To place someone into a position secretly or through pull — usually carries a negative sense of nepotism or planting a spy, unlike neutral 安排 (arrange).
verb
to place (someone in a position) surreptitiously or through connectionsto plant (a spy)
Examples
- 安插。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.
- 安插。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.
- ，安插。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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