人多手腳亂 (jan4 do1 sau2 goek3 lyun6) — too many cooks in the kitchen, too many people trying to work on the same task/ project and that messes up the progress in Cantonese
janˎ₄人doˉ¹多sauˊ²手goek˗₃腳lyunˍ₆亂简 人多手脚乱
Mandarin Pinyin: ren2 duo1 shou3 jiao3 luan4
Meaning of 人多手腳亂
nountoo many cooks in the kitchen, too many people trying to work on the same task/ project and that messes up the progress