裙带关系
Traditional form:
裙帶關係
Pinyin (reading):
qúndàiguānxi
Definitions:
- favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative
- (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
Characters:
- 裙 - skirt, petticoat, apron
- 带 - belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear
- 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
- 系 - system; line, link, connection
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