山头主义

山頭主義

shāntóuzhǔyì

noun

Meanings

1 factionalism
2 cliquism (literally 'mountain-top-ism')

Characters

-ism / doctrine

Examples

党内必须反对山头主义。

Dǎng nèi bìxū fǎnduì shāntóuzhǔyì.

Within the party, factionalism must be opposed.

公司搞山头主义，最后只会内耗。

Gōngsī gǎo shāntóuzhǔyì, zuìhòu zhǐ huì nèihào.

A company that runs on factionalism only ends up eating itself alive.

部门之间的山头主义让协作很困难。

Bùmén zhījiān de shāntóuzhǔyì ràng xiézuò hěn kùnnán.

Factionalism between departments makes collaboration very hard.

Tips

history

Originally a Chinese Communist Party political term warning against the tendency of guerrilla commanders to treat their base area as a personal fiefdom (a "mountaintop"). Now applied freely to corporate office politics.

Stroke Order

山 shān

头 tóu

主 zhǔ

义 yì