裙带风

裙帶風
qúndàifēng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 nepotism
  2. 2 the culture of giving favors through one's wife or female relatives
  3. 3 favoritism toward in-laws and connected women

Examples

Zhè jiā gōngsī de qúndàifēng hěn yánzhòng.
Nepotism runs deep at this company.
Xīn zhèngfǔ juéxīn shāzhù qúndàifēng.
The new government is determined to stamp out nepotism.

Tips

culture
The image: (qúndài) = 'skirt-sash' — the strings of a woman's skirt — so 关系 means 'connections through a wife / female relative.' Adding (fēng, 'wind / trend') turns it into a culture: an organization where promotion follows skirt-strings rather than merit.

Stroke Order

qún
dài
fēng