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

HSK 4
Zhè jiā gōngsī de qúndàifēng hěn yánzhòng.
Nepotism runs deep at this company.
HSK 7-9
Xīn zhèngfǔ juéxīn shā zhù qúndàifēng.
The new government is determined to stamp out nepotism.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

裙 qún
带 dài
风 fēng