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县官不如现管

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Collocation

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县官不如现管的思想
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避免县官不如现管
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真是县官不如现管
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但县官不如现管
5
实际上县官不如现管

Definition

县官不如现管

Literally means:

the county magistrate is inferior to the lesser official in immediate charge

Actually means:

The power of the immediate boss is better.

Though a high official has greater power, he may not be in direct charge; while the person in immediate charge, though lower in position, commands the real power, and people listen to him and obey him.

官职大的人虽然权力大,但不一定管得着,而直接管事的人虽然官职小,大家都必须听他的,照他的意思做事。

Example

Used as predicate dicate, object or attributive. (作谓语、宾语、定语)
1
Biè
kàn
shì
xiànzhǎng
县长
  
,
dàn
xiànguān
县官
不如
xiàn
guǎn
  
,
zài
men
我们
cūn
村里
háishi
还是
cūnzhǎng
村长
shuōlesuàn
说了算
  
,
zhǎo
méiyòng
没用
  

Don't look at him as the county chief, but the county official is not as good as the current management, in our village or the village chief said, looking for him is useless.

2
Chánglái
长期以来
gōng
公司
yuángōng
员工
jīng
已经
xíngchéng
形成
le
xiànguān
县官
不如
xiàn
guǎn
de
xiǎng
思想
  
,
men
他们
bān
一般
zhī
duì
zhíjiē
直接
guǎn
de
shàng
上级
负责
  

For a long time the company's employees have formed a county official is not as good as the current management of the idea, they are generally only directly in charge of his superiors responsible.

3
céng
基层
dānwèi
单位
de
shǒu
把手
  
,
de
huà
zhōngyāng
中央
de
wénjiàn
文件
háiyào
还要
guǎnyòng
管用
de
duō
  
,
zhè
zhēnshi
真是
xiànguān
县官
不如
xiàn
guǎn
  

A grass-roots unit's first-in-command, his words than the central document is much more useful, this is really the county official is not as good as the current management.