上不紧，下不忙上不緊，下不忙上不緊，下不忙

if above is not tight, below is not busy

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: If leaders are lax, subordinates slacken too. The root of problems at the bottom lies at the top.

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Simplified: 上不紧，下不忙
Traditional (Taiwan): 上不緊，下不忙
Pinyin: shàng bù jǐn, xià bù máng
Bopomofo: ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ，ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄇㄤˊ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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