纸上谈兵

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 纸上谈兵 – see 紙上談兵 (“to discuss military tactics on paper; to engage in theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice; armchair strategist; idle theorizing”). (This term is the simplified form of 紙上談兵).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.