No one in the court should be an official
There is no one in the court to be an official, which is a Chinese word. It means that things can't be done without backing.
Explanation of words
Old adage. It means that things can't be done without backing. use complex sentence; as object, clause; with derogatory meaning
Examples
As the saying goes, "yes." That's why it happened. (Chapter 64 of Wu Jianren's twenty years of witnessing the strange situation in Qing Dynasty)
No one in the court should be an official
layer upon layer of peaks and knolls - céng luán dié zhàng
guard against one 's desires as if guarding a city against an enemy - fáng yì rú chéng