用中文说: "Under the table"

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Under the table

【中文】私下、见不得阳光

     Sīxià, jiànbùdé yángguāng

【解释】Something that is secret.

【例句】

- The corrupt official got all his money under the table. But since he could not deposit it in the bank, he bought a big house to store it. 

 这个腐败的官员的钱都是见不得阳光的。但因为他无法将钱存到银行，他就买了个大房子把钱储藏起来了。

 Zhège fǔbài de guānyuán de qián dōu shì jiànbùdé yángguāng de. Dàn yīnwèi tā wúfǎ jiāng qián cún dào yínháng, tā jiù mǎile gè dà fángzi bǎ qián chúcáng qǐláile.

- In order to build a new power plant, the corrupt mayor got a few bucks under the table.

 为了建一个新的电站，这个腐败的市长私下拿了些钱。

 Wèile jiàn yīgè xīn de diànzhàn, zhège fǔbài de shì zhǎng sīxià nále xiē qián.