管教无方

unable to discipline a child / incapable of dealing with (unruly child)

variant of 管[guan3]

surname Guan

to take care (of) / to control / to manage / to be in charge of / to look after / to run / to care about / tube / pipe / woodwind / classifier for tube-shaped objects / particle similar to 把[ba3] in 管...叫 constructions / writing brush / (coll.) to / towards

to discipline / to teach / to guarantee

surname Jiao

to teach

religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell

not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

surname Fang

square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter