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to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)

坐而论道
zuò ér lùn dào
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) · fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice · armchair strategist · idle theorizing · cf Zhao Kuo leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping in 260 BC纸上谈兵zhǐ shàng tán bīngprattle · idle chit-chat空谈kōng tán
Antonyms
to practice what one preaches (idiom)身体力行shēn tǐ lì xíngto attend to everything personally事必躬亲shì bì gōng qīn