CHINESE DICTIONARYWORD
纸上谈兵
紙上談兵HSK 7
纸上谈兵 (zhǐ shàng tán bīng) is an HSK 7 Chinese word with 1 definition and 2 bilingual examples.
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Definitions & Usage
Meanings and examples
idiom 成语
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Englishto be an armchair strategist (lit. to discuss warfare on paper)
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不去调研市场，凭空构思创业计划，就是纸上谈兵。
Coming up with a start-up plan out of thin air without researching the market is just armchair strategizing.
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理论学得再好，如果不去实践，终究只是纸上谈兵。
No matter how well you learn the theory, if you never put it into practice, it is ultimately just armchair strategizing.
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