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纸上谈兵
紙上談兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
idiom. talk about stratagems on paper (empty talk), be an armchair strategist
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EXAMPLES
这种做法不啻为纸上谈兵。
這種做法不啻為紙上談兵。
zhè zhǒng zuò fǎ bú chì wéi zhǐ shàng tán bīng
phr. The approach applies rather better in theory than in practice.
希望咱们都不是纸上谈兵的人。
希望咱們都不是紙上談兵的人。
xī wàng zán men dōu bú shì zhǐ shàng tán bīng de rén .
phr. Hope that none (or neither) of us is an armchair strategist.