纸上谈兵

zhǐ shàng tán bīng

HSK 7

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Meaning 释义

  1. lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. armchair strategist
  4. idle theorizing
  5. cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhào Kuò] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Cháng píng zhī Zhàn] in 260 BC

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