Wei que Wuzhi
Wei que Wuzhi, a Chinese idiom, is w è iqu è w ú zh ī in pinyin, which means that talents are not dependent. It comes from the short song of Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms.
Idiom usage
It is often used in figurative sentences
The origin of Idioms
Cao Cao's short song of the Three Kingdoms states: "the moon is bright and the stars are rare, the black magpie flies south, and there are three turns around the tree
Idiom explanation
It is a metaphor for the talent who has nothing to depend on.
Wei que Wuzhi
leadership rendered ineffectual by recalcitrant subordinates - wěi dà bù diào
severity shown by an official on assuming office - xià mǎ wēi