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紙上談兵

zhǐshàngtánbīng

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Simplified 纸上谈兵

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  1. 1lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)
  2. 2fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice
  3. 3armchair strategist
  4. 4idle theorizing
  5. 5cf 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

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