拿着鸡毛当令箭
“- Wait... - "She abuses her tiny bit of authority."”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
写了本县志 还真以为自己了不得了 不不不
“"With a county chronicle, she thinks she's impressive now." - Wait... - "She abuses her tiny bit of authority."”
拿着鸡毛当令箭
“- Wait... - "She abuses her tiny bit of authority."”
我我 郑书记 你说说
“(Diary) I... Mr. Zheng, tell me.”
“You hold no real power, so stop bossing people around.”
In Chinese administrative environments, flaunting petty influence without having true rank invites sharp reprimands using folk idioms.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
treating an insignificant token or petty authority as an imperial command
Use this common idiom when calling out someone who abuses minor power or takes trivial instructions far too seriously.