招降纳叛

zhāoxiángnàpàn

To recruit enemy personnel who have surrendered and turned traitors; now often used to refer to gathering bad people together.

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to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains

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招降纳叛

zhāo xiáng nà pàn

recruit deserters and traitors; draw deserters and traitors into one's service; recruit deserters and accept mutineers; recruit deserters and renegades:

招降纳叛, 结党营私 recruit deserters and traitors into a clique to pursue selfish interests; build up a following of deserters and renegades in pursuit of selfish ends

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招降納叛|招降纳叛 [zhāo xiáng nà pàn] ► to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains