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各行其是

gèxíngqíshì
idiom #59,898

Meanings

  1. 1 each does what he thinks right
  2. 2 each goes his own way
  3. 3 no coordination

Examples

团队成员各行其是，项目就没法推进。
Tuánduì chéngyuán gèxíngqíshì, xiàngmù jiù méifǎ tuījìn.
If team members each do their own thing, the project can't move forward.
两个部门各行其是，沟通成本很高。
Liǎng gè bùmén gèxíngqíshì, gōutōng chéngběn hěn gāo.
The two departments each go their own way, making coordination costly.

Tips

history
Rooted in 《庄子·徐无鬼》: 天下非有公是也，而各是其所是 — 'there is no public standard of right; each calls right what he himself calls right'.
mistakes
是 here is shì (right / what one considers correct), not a mistake for 事 (matter). 各行其是 ≠ 各行其事; the idiom is the first form.

Stroke Order

各 gè
行 xíng
其 qí
是 shì