各司其职

gè sī qí zhí

each attends to their own duties

Character by character

各gè
each

司sī
manages

其qí
their own

职zhí
duty

只有各部门各司其职，工作才能顺利进行。

Only if every department does its own job can the work go smoothly.

Tone: positive (praise).

Learn this in Lesson 103 · HSK 7–9: 政治体制入门 (How the political system is built)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.