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| Processed by: | richwarm (2016-12-17 11:21:38 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 58492 - submitted by 'ycandau' >> means not "petticoat" "nepotism" is not quite right since 裙带 refers to ties thru females --------------------------------------------------- Editor: In support of the more general sense of 裙帶風: 1) On the following page, titled 多国政坛出现裙带风, George Prescott Bush is cited as the first example of 裙带风. His most prominent connections are patrilineal: his father is Jeb Bush, his father's father is former president George H W Bush, and his father's brother is former president George W Bush. 2) various other sources suggest that the "female relative" element has been generalized. e.g. the following definition of 裙帶關係 doesn't mention women: 不論你在世界上哪裡工作，裙帶關係（在親戚朋友和外人之間偏袒前者） Another example for 裙帶關係 (apparently nothing to do with female relatives): 「早期越南法令不健全，漏洞處處，台商深諳裙帶關係及紅包文化，很吃得開，」 "Initially, Vietnamese law was incomplete and full of loopholes. Taiwanese firms were able to do well through connections and understanding the bribing culture." Regarding 裙帶, my E-C dict says: waist.band <<名詞>> 1 腰帶 2 褲帶, 裙帶 Wp ~ 裙帶資本主義（英語：Crony capitalism），... See also the last three Web snippets I left on the review queue. |
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# - 裙帶風 裙带风 [qun2 dai4 feng1] /nepotism (lit. petticoat influence)/ # + 裙帶風 裙带风 [qun2 dai4 feng1] /nepotism/ # Editor: - 裙帶風 裙带风 [qun2 dai4 feng1] /nepotism (lit. petticoat influence)/ + 裙帶風 裙带风 [qun2 dai4 feng1] /tendency to favor sb who has an influential female relative/(more generally) culture of favoritism towards those who are well-connected/ + 裙帶資本主義 裙带资本主义 [qun2 dai4 zi1 ben3 zhu3 yi4] /crony capitalism/ + 裙帶官 裙带官 [qun2 dai4 guan1] /official who gained his position through the influence of a female relative/ + 裙帶親 裙带亲 [qun2 dai4 qin1] /relatives of the wife (slightly pejorative)/ + 裙帶關係 裙带关系 [qun2 dai4 guan1 xi5] /favoritism shown to sb with an influential female relative/(by extension) favoritism shown to sb who is well-connected/ + 裙帶 裙带 [qun2 dai4] /waistband of a skirt/(fig.) related to the wife or another female family member/ |