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纸zhǐ上shàng谈tán兵bīng
Trad. 紙上談兵
  • 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[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC
🖌️ 纸 Strokes 🖌️ 上 Strokes 🖌️ 谈 Strokes 🖌️ 兵 Strokes

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