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![victoriousvocabulary:
GUANXI
[noun]
the basic dynamic in personalised networks of influence. In Western media, the pinyin romanisation of this Chinese word is becoming more widely used instead of the two common translations; “connections” and “relationships” as neither of those terms sufficiently reflects the cultural implications that guanxi describes. Closely related concepts include that of ganqing; a measure which reflects the depth of feeling within an interpersonal relationship, and renqing; the moral obligation to maintain the relationship, and the idea of “face”, implying meaning social status, propriety, prestige, or more realistically a combination of all three. At its most basic, guanxi describes a personal connection between two people in which one is able to prevail upon another to perform a favour or service, or be prevailed upon. The two people need not be of equal social status.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0censFxB51r47bczo1_500.jpg)
GUANXI
[noun]
the basic dynamic in personalised networks of influence. In Western media, the pinyin romanisation of this Chinese word is becoming more widely used instead of the two common translations; “connections” and “relationships” as neither of those terms sufficiently reflects the cultural implications that guanxi describes. Closely related concepts include that of ganqing; a measure which reflects the depth of feeling within an interpersonal relationship, and renqing; the moral obligation to maintain the relationship, and the idea of “face”, implying meaning social status, propriety, prestige, or more realistically a combination of all three. At its most basic, guanxi describes a personal connection between two people in which one is able to prevail upon another to perform a favour or service, or be prevailed upon. The two people need not be of equal social status.
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