give guidance and help to sb; put in a good word for sb ❍ 故贾瑞也无了～之人，不怨薛蟠得新厌故，只怨香玉二人不在薛蟠跟前提携了： …… (《红楼梦》 112) …and now that they were discarded,Jia Rui had nobody to put in a good word for him. Instead of blaming Xue Pan’s fickleness,he bore his favourites a grudge for this.