Masu street pavilion
The generals were incompetent and tired.
Don't overdo it, don't do it?
You can't carve rotten wood, can you?
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Masu street pavilion
Explanation: The fault lies in management, not execution. If there is a mistake in execution, it is a link problem, but if there is a mistake in management, nothing will happen.
Source: Romance of the Three Kingdoms
The generals were incompetent and tired.
Explanation: If a senior commander is incompetent, the whole army will suffer defeat and the soldiers will die. Common saying. Mostly used to complain that the leaders are weak and the masses are bound.
Origin: Left Spring and Autumn Annals, also known as "the general is incompetent and tired of the three armies", originally refers to Zhao Kuo who is an armchair strategist, and later refers to the incompetent general.
Don't overdo it.
Definition: Degree: Measurement. Don't measure whether your virtue can convince others, and don't estimate whether your ability is competent.
Source: Tibetan Gong in the eleventh year of Zuo Zhuan: "No virtue, no weakness, no relatives, no responsibilities."
Example: He believes that it is better to set the ideal low than to set it too high, but we should pursue it tirelessly until it is realized. ★ Mao Dun's Pursuit II
You can't carve rotten wood.
Description: You can't carve rotten wood. Metaphor is stupid, people with poor ability can't hold important positions or entrust them with important tasks.
Source: Fu Chuan: "Dead wood cannot be carved, and humble people cannot be the mainstay."