捱风缉缝钻头觅缝āi fēng jí fèngsolicit help from potential backers
❍ 别个秀才要去结交知县，还要～，央人引进，拜在门下，认为老师。(《醒世恒言》二十九) Another scholar wanted to make friends with the magistrate. In order to solicit help from this potential backer he asked others to recommend him so as to lie prostrate at the feet of the man whom he would regard as his teacher. |