Entry
紙上談兵
Source
CC-CEDict 200217
Characters
紙 上 談 兵
Miscellaneous
Traditional
紙上談兵
Simplified
纸上谈兵
Pinyin
zhi3 shang4 tan2 bing1
English
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 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC
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