粵

裙kwan4帶daai3關gwaan1係hai6

simp裙带关系
kwan4 daai3 gwaan1 hai6qún dài guān xi

English

  1. (idiom) favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative
  2. nepotism
  3. (idiom) (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
  4. nepotism

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 同有權勢嘅人相熟,從中得到利益

Examples

  • 黃Sir同校長好熟,靠裙帶關係先升到做主任。

    Mr. Wong was friends with the principal, so he got promoted to head of department due to nepotism.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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