What does 纸上谈兵 mean in Chinese?
纸上谈兵 (zhǐshàng-tánbīng) means lit. military tactics on paper (idiom).
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
纸上谈兵
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
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lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
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fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
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armchair strategist
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idle theorizing
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cf Zhao Kuo 赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 长平之战 in 260 BC
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The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
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How do you pronounce 纸上谈兵?
纸上谈兵 is pronounced zhǐshàng-tánbīng.
Is 纸上谈兵 an HSK word?
纸上谈兵 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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