管辖不来
“and being unable to manage affairs.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
倚老卖老
“flaunting your seniority,”
管辖不来
“and being unable to manage affairs.”
还狂呢他
“He's still so arrogant?”
“I can't control him; he completely ignores my authority.”
In hierarchical Chinese organizations, older employees may rely on seniority (倚老卖老) to resist direct authority from managers, creating significant interpersonal friction that is hard to manage through formal rules alone.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to govern, manage, or have jurisdiction over
Typically refers to institutional or administrative oversight, but here used colloquially to express control over a person's conduct.
unable to successfully achieve (potential complement)
Attached to a verb to indicate that the speaker lacks the ability, leverage, or success to perform that action.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“But he didn't tell me the exact location.”
“So they were not qualified to come here.”
“The problem is no one's coming.”
“and you still can't find him?”
“nowhere is better than China.”
“but haven't found anyone yet.”