too many cooks spoil the broth(rén duō shǒu zá)

too many cooks spoil the broth

In Chinese, Pinyin is R é NDU ō sh ǒ uz á, which means more hands-on people. From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

The 37th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "the old lady's room is still empty. The old lady's room is full of people, but others can't help it. When the owner's group see that it's the things in this room, they should break the black heart."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attributive; used in spoken English

Examples

Those people with many hands have moved out Huang Renrui's luggage and put them at the foot of the east wall. The 15th chapter of Lao Can's travels by Liu E in Qing Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : rén duō shǒu zá