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紙上談兵 (zi2 soeng6 taam4 bing1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

紙上談兵 (zi2 soeng6 taam4 bing1, zhǐ shàng tán bīng) — lit. military tactics on paper (idiom); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing; cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 紙包唔住火 (zi2 baau1 m4 zyu6 fo2) — one cannot wrap fire in paper', a metaphor to say that the truth cannot be conc…
• 紙屑 (zi2 sit3) — (noun) paper scraps;
• 紙杯蛋糕 (zi2 bui1 daan6 gou1) — (food) a cupcake
• 紙皮石 (zi2 pei4 sek6) — mosaic tiles
• 紙皮箱 (zi2 pei4 soeng1) — cardboard box
• 紙皮 (zi2 pei4) — (noun) paperboard; cardboard; leatheroid

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