(idiom) favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative; (idiom) (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
trad. 裙帶關係
Also written 裙帶關係【qún dài guān xi】
Characters in this word
4裙
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old variant of 裙[qun2]
- Pinyin
- qún
- Traditional
- 帬
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 17409 of 2500
带
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band, belt, girdle, ribbon, tire, area, zone, region, CL:條|条[tiao2], to wear, to carry, to take along, to bear (i.e. to have), to lead, to bring, to look after, to raise
- Pinyin
- dài
- Traditional
- 帶
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 228 of 2500
关
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surname Guan
- Pinyin
- Guān
- Traditional
- 關
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1629 of 2500
系
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to connect, to relate to, to tie up, to bind, to be (literary)
- Pinyin
- xì
- Traditional
- 係
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3837 of 2500