sān​ge​hé​shang​méi​shuǐ​chī

too many cooks spoil the broth

Senses

三个和尚没水吃/ 三個和尚沒水吃 sān​ge​hé​shang​méi​shuǐ​chī (also sān​gè​hé​shang​méi​shuǐ​chī) too many cooks spoil the broth

Literally "three monks have no water to drink"; an idiom meaning that when too many people are responsible for a task, nobody actually does it.

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