粵

各gok3自zi6為wai4政zing3

simp各自为政also written各自爲政
gok3 zi6 wai4 zing3gè zì wéi zhèng

English

  1. to do things each in one's own way
  2. one inconsiderate of the situation, and administer things his
  3. each person does things in his own manner
  4. her own way

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 自己用自己方法做自己事,唔理其他人或者同人合作;做事唔配合其他人或者大局

Examples

  • 政府部門各自為政,缺乏溝通,浪費咗好多資源。

    Each governmental department works as self-contained and autistic units. The lack of inter-departmental communication has wasted a lot of resource.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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