文山会海

wénshānhuìhǎi

a mountain of papers and a sea of meetings—the intricate routine that a leading cadre gets bogged down in

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a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)

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文山会海

wén shān huì hǎi

a mountain of paper work and a sea of meetings:

整天埋在文山会海里 all day long be buried under a mountain of paperwork and drowned in a sea of meetings

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文山會海|文山会海 [wén shān huì hǎi] ► a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)