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guāng shuō bú liàn
phr. all talk and no action, all bark and no bite (same as 光说不做)
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
/ guāng shuō bú zuò
[phr] all mouth and no action, all bark and no bite
/ zhǐ shuō bú zuò
[phr] to only talk but take no action
/ zhí yǒu yán lùn méi yǒu xíng dòng
[phr] only speech, no action
/ zhí shuá zuǐ pí zi bú bàn shì
[phr] all fancy words or empty talk, no real action
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guāng shuō bú liàn zuí bǎ shì
idiom. all talk and no action, all bark and no bite