紙上談兵
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Chinese[edit]
on paper | to discuss military tactics | ||
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trad. (紙上談兵) | 紙上 | 談兵 | |
simp. (纸上谈兵) | 纸上 | 谈兵 | |
Literally: “to discuss military tactics on paper”. |
Etymology[edit]
See Zhao Kuo on Wikipedia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
紙上談兵
- to engage in theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing