leadership rendered ineffectual by recalcitrant subordinates
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is w à ID à n á NDI à O. in the old days, it means that the subordinates were too powerful to command. It is a metaphor that the organization is huge and the command is ineffective. From Zuo Zhuan, the eleventh year of Zhaogong.
Analysis of Idioms
The tail is too big to drop
Idiom usage
As a predicate, attribute, etc
Examples
He was afraid that he would control the upper reaches of the river, so he was called to be the official of Guanglu, and Shen you was transferred to replace him. The 24th chapter of CAI Dongfan's the romance of northern and Southern History
The origin of Idioms
"The eleventh year of Zhaogong in Zuozhuan:" the last great will be broken, the last great will not fall, as you know. " On the Six Dynasties written by Wei Cao of the Three Kingdoms states: "the so-called end must be broken, and the end cannot be lost."
Chinese PinYin : wěi dà nán diào
leadership rendered ineffectual by recalcitrant subordinates
implement some omissions and amend errors. bǔ jū xià lòu
He who knows current affairs is a hero. shí shí wù zhě wéi jùn jié
Eat ginger and drink vinegar. yǎo jiāng xiā cù
sth. one knows well and can manage with ease. qīng chē shú lù
plan to station troops permanently. zhù shì fǎn gēng
My mouth is boiling and my eyes are red. kǒu fèi mù chì