空谈 (kōng tán) | Meaning: prattle | Chinese Word with Pinyin

(lit.) to fire blank shots · (fig.) to be all talk and no action · to shoot one's mouth off · to make empty promises放空炮fàng kōng pào

to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)坐而论道zuò ér lùn dào

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 bīng

to make empty promises空口说白话kōng kǒu shuō bái huà

empty talk · bunk · malicious gossip空话kōng huà

prattle · idle chit-chat

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