obtain a position thanks to one's wife's connections

obtain a position thanks to one's wife's connections

The Chinese idiom, f ū R é NQ ú nd à I in pinyin, means that the husband gets an official position or other benefits because of his wife's relationship. From Qingbo magazine.

[source]: the third volume of Qingbo magazine published by Zhou Wei of Song Dynasty: "Cai Baiyou's prime minister, Zhang Le's family banquet. The actor threatened to say, "you Cheng's great worship today is all a man's skirt."

He became director of the Bureau by virtue of his husband's nepotism.

[pinyin code]: frqd

Nepotism: nepotism

Usage: used as object and attribute; refers to kinship