走后门

lit. to enter by the back door / fig. to gain influence by pull or unofficial channels / back door or under the counter connections

to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)

empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

the back door / fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure) / anus

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)