光杆司令

Traditional form:

光桿司令

Pinyin (reading):

guānggǎnsīlìng

Definitions:

• commander without any soldiers; (fig.) leader without a team; solo entrepreneur

Characters:

• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 杆 - cane, pole, stick
• 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause

Traditional characters:

• 光 - light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
• 桿 - cane, pole, stick
• 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
• 令 - command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause