紙上談兵

Chinese

	paper	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
trad. (紙上談兵)	紙	上	談兵
simp. (纸上谈兵)	纸	上	谈兵
Literally: “military tactics on paper”.

Etymology

See Zhao Kuo on Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǐshàngtánbīng

(Zhuyin): ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² soeng⁶ taam⁴ bing¹
Min Nan (POJ): chóa-siāng-tâm-peng / chóa-siōng-tâm-peng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǐshàngtánbīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄊㄢˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyyshanqtanrbing
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ tʰa̠n³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zi² soeng⁶ taam⁴ bing¹
  - Yale: jí seuhng tàahm bīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² soeng⁶ taam⁴ bing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ji² sêng⁶ tam⁴ bing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sœːŋ²² tʰɑːm²¹ pɪŋ⁵⁵/
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

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

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