self-styled adviser; armchair strategist
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a self-styled military adviser who gives bad advice; a meddlesome person who offers unhelpful suggestions
derogatoryOften used derogatorily or humorously to describe someone who thinks they are clever but actually gives poor advice. The term implies that the person is meddlesome and overconfident in their own judgment.
Bié别
tīng听
tā他
de的
，
tā他
zhǐ只
shì是
gè个
gǒu狗
tóu头
jūn军
shī师
。
Don't listen to him; he's just a self-styled adviser with terrible ideas.
Tā他
zì自
yǐ以
wéi为
shì是
gǒu狗
tóu头
jūn军
shī师
，
qí其
shí实
chū出
de的
dōu都
shì是
sōu馊
zhǔ主
yi意
。
He fancies himself a strategist, but in fact, all his ideas are terrible.
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Zài在
zhè这
gè个
xiàng项
mù目
zhōng中
，
tā他
chōng充
dāng当
gǒu狗
tóu头
jūn军
shī师
de的
jué角
sè色
，
jié结
guǒ果
bǎ把
shì事
qíng情
gǎo搞
zá砸
le了
。
In this project, he played the role of a misguided adviser, and as a result, he ruined everything.