by (indicates passive-voice sentences or clauses); to cover; to wear[cedict]
选票
xuǎn piàoㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄆㄧㄠˋ
a vote; ballot[cedict]
上
shàngㄕㄤˋ
on; on top; upon; first (of two parts); previous or last (week etc); upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; above; to go up; to attend (class or university); third tone of putonghua[cedict]
是
shìㄕˋ
is; are; am; yes; to be[cedict]
因为
yīn wèiㄧㄣ ㄨㄟˋ
because; owing to; on account of[cedict]
他们
tā menㄊㄚ ㄇㄣ˙
they[cedict]
早就
zǎo jiùㄗㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄡˋ
already at an earlier time[cedict]
被
bèiㄅㄟˋ
by (indicates passive-voice sentences or clauses); to cover; to wear[cedict]
幕后
mù hòuㄇㄨˋ ㄏㄡˋ
behind the scenes[cedict]
操纵
cāo zòngㄘㄠ ㄗㄨㄥˋ
to operate; to control[cedict]
的
deㄉㄜ˙
díㄉㄧˊ
dìㄉㄧˋ
of; structural particle: used before a noun, linking it to preceding possessive or descriptive attributive[cedict]
really and truly[cedict]
aim; clear[cedict]
金融
jīn róngㄐㄧㄣ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
banking; finance; financial[cedict]
所
suǒㄙㄨㄛˇ
actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive[cedict]
内定
nèi dìngㄋㄟˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ
decision to appoint an official that is kept secret among the hierarchy[cedict]