人浮于事
rén​fú​yú​shì

overstaffed

  • created reference approved 人浮于事/人浮於事 → 人浮于食/人浮於食 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人浮于事 / 人浮於事 rén​fú​yú​shì

    人浮于食 / 人浮於食 rén​fú​yú​shí

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 人浮于事/人浮於事 · rén​fú​yú​shì · overstaffed — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    人浮于事 / 人浮於事

    rén​fú​yú​shì

    overstaffed

    (idiom) more people than work available; redundant personnel

    人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 浮 (literal) → 浮 · fú · excessive 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · than 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · work

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense