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Mandarin · pinyin guān xi wǎng

network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"

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关: guān · frontier pass; close; relation
系: xì · system; line, link, connection
网: wǎng · net; network; Kangxi radical 122

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1–5–3 · guan1 xi5 wang3

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