Lingaku- lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
Generated definitions (experimental)
- everybody's business is nobody's business
This idiom illustrates a situation where too many people are involved in a task, leading to no one taking responsibility and the task remaining unaccomplished.
The three people thought that someone else would fetch the water, so in the end, no one went.
dāng当tuán duì团队lǐ里měi ge rén每个人Dū都jué de觉得bié de别的rén人huì会zuò做mǒu shì某事shí时，shì qing事情wǎng wǎng往往huì会shī bài失败。
When everyone in the team thinks someone else will do something, the task often fails.
Generated collocations (experimental)
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē三个和尚没水喝everybody's business is nobody's businessSān三gè rén个人fù zé负责three people are responsiblefēn tān分摊zé rèn责任share responsibilitiestuán tǐ团体xié zuò协作team cooperationgè zì各自qí其zé责each takes on their own responsibilityzhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo众人拾柴火焰高many hands make light workzé rèn责任sǎn luàn散乱responsibility is scatteredjí tǐ集体xíng dòng行动collective actionhé zuò合作wú jiàn无间seamless cooperationYù遇shì事tuī wěi推诿shirk responsibility when things get toughwú sī无私fèng xiàn奉献selfless dedicationguǎn lǐ管理quē shī缺失lack of managementzhì tóng dào hé志同道合like-minded individuals