to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4]
unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
(PRC) dual-track pension system (with separate schemes for public-sector and enterprise employees) / see 養老金雙軌制|养老金双轨制[yang3 lao3 jin1 shuang1 gui3 zhi4]
sacrificed piece (in chess or Go) / abandoned child / (fig.) sth that has been abandoned or sacrificed (an ally, a product, employees etc) / (in expressions such as 拋家棄子|抛家弃子[pao1jia1-qi4zi3]) to abandon one's child(ren)
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