勾 gōu
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 勹 — wrap
- Made of
- 勹 wrap 厶 private, secret
勾结
gōujié
to collude; to gang up with
Characters in this word
结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 调查显示，个别官员与承包商勾结，长期操纵招标结果。 Diàochá xiǎnshì, gèbié guānyuán yǔ chéngbāoshāng gōujié, chángqī cāozòng zhāobiāo jiéguǒ. The investigation shows that certain officials colluded with contractors and manipulated tender results over a long period.
- 那个员工和外人勾结，偷偷卖掉了店里的货物。 Nà ge yuángōng hé wàirén gōujié, tōutōu mài diào le diàn lǐ de huòwù. That employee colluded with an outsider and secretly sold the shop's goods.
- 两个孩子勾结起来，瞒着老师去玩游戏。 Liǎng ge háizi gōujié qǐlái, mán zhe lǎoshī qù wán yóuxì. Two kids teamed up to sneak off and play games behind the teacher's back.