guāng​gǎn​sī​lìng

commander without soldiers

光杆司令 光桿司令 guāng​gǎn​sī​lìng
commander without soldiers
a commander who has no troops under his command
leader without a team
(figurative) a leader without any assistants or subordinates; a solo entrepreneur

Frequency

Written text
0.175 per million

Cross-References

Has erhua variant

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)