紙上談兵

Chinese
on paper to discuss military tactics
trad. (紙上談兵) 紙上 談兵
simp. (纸上谈兵) 纸上 谈兵
Literally: “to discuss military tactics on paper”.

Etymology

See Zhao Kuo on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chóa-siāng-tâm-peng / chóa-siōng-tâm-peng
      • Tâi-lô: tsuá-siāng-tâm-ping / tsuá-siōng-tâm-ping
      • Phofsit Daibuun: zoafsiaxngdampefng, zoafsioxngdampefng
      • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ tam²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tam²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiaŋ⁴¹⁻²² tam²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ³³/, /t͡sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² tam²⁴⁻²² piɪŋ³³/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ tam¹³⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ tam¹³⁻²² piɪŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴⁻¹¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tam²⁴⁻¹¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiaŋ³³⁻²¹ tam²³⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/, /t͡sua⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tam²³⁻³³ piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Idiom

紙上談兵

  1. to engage in theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing
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