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

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

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)

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

to open the back door / fig. under the counter / to do a secret or dishonest deal / to let sth in by the back door

to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another

to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another