Zen masters give personal guidance in a secluded room. No one enters while teacher and pupil are together.

大师们在单间给弟子做个别指导，没有人这时来打扰师徒。

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Yet last-minute deals, back-room or not, are what elected officials at the loftiest levels are supposed to be masters of.

CNN: An ineffectual Washington blew it