| Expression | 紙上談兵 |
|---|---|
| Meaning | lit. military tactics on paper (成语 saw); fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice/armchair strategist/idle theorizing/cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括 leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战 in 260 BC |
| Reading | ji2 seung5 taam4 bing1 |
| Recall | y |
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