Search results for 'guan':

guantanamize (verb) : [from Guantanamo,secret penitentiary in Guantanomo bay+-ize](v):to seizeand abduct people secretly and keep them far from others in a state of uncertain accusation and secluding them in a secret place

Submitted by: S.Taha Ghorayshie from Iran on Jun. 03, 2006 04:03

guanxi

(noun) : a network of social and / or professional relations

Through her guanxi, Joyce mustered the resources for a stellar presentation — despite not having an appropriate marketing budget.

Submitted by: Aaron Kyle Dennis from Washington on Nov. 21, 2005 02:30

(noun) : [gwan'shee] [mandarin chinese] - social capital or bonding, built up by gift-giving or favor-granting, etc, and used up by calling in favors (important point in chinese culture is that once guanxi exists in a relationship, it sets up a lifetime relationship that does not terminate)

The diplomatic leaders of first-world nations should work towards building guanxi with Chinese politicos and generals, rather than ignoring this important cultural belief. (submitter's quote, not book author's) —unk, but a scientist coined it, book In Other Words: A Language Lover's..., recently (year or two ago)

Submitted by: jonathan keith sheriff from California on Oct. 25, 2005 20:13

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