潜规则 in English qian2 gui1 ze2 Meaning

Meanings

  • unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)

Simplified Characters

潜 规 则

Traditional Characters

潛 規 則

Pinyin

qian2 gui1 ze2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

潜qian2hidden 规gui1variant of 規|规[gui1] 则ze2(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but