纸上谈兵
zhǐ shàng tán bīng
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- 1. {"definition":"lit. military tactics on paper (idiom)"}
- 2. {"definition":"fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice"}
- 3. {"definition":"armchair strategist"}
- 4. {"definition":"idle theorizing"}
- 5. {"definition":"cf Zhao Kuo \u8d99\u62ec|\u8d75\u62ec[zh\u00e0o ku\u00f2] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping \u9577\u5e73\u4e4b\u6230|\u957f\u5e73\u4e4b\u6218[ch\u00e1ng p\u00edng zh\u012b zh\u00e0n] in 260 BC"}