打秋风

dǎqiūfēng

try to sponge on people

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打秋风

dǎ qiū fēng

（利用各种关系向人索取财物赠与） seek gratuitous financial help; give a small present with a view to some substantial recompense; get money; have a windfall; obtain gifts of money; fawn on others to fish for some improper gains:

“张世兄屡次来打秋风， 甚是可厌。” “Zhang has come time and again to get money： he is a confounded nuisance.”