光說不做
guāng​shuō​bù​zuò

to be all talk and no action

  • created reference approved 光说不做/光說不做 → 光说不练/光說不練 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    光说不做 / 光說不做 guāng​shuō​bù​zuò

    光说不练 / 光說不練 guāng​shuō​bù​liàn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 光说不做/光說不做 · guāng​shuō​bù​zuò · to be all talk and no action — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    光说不做 / 光說不做

    guāng​shuō​bù​zuò

    to be all talk and no action

    (idiom) to talk without taking any practical action; to preach what one does not practice

    光 (literal) → 光 · guāng · merely 说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 做 (literal) → 做 · zuò · to do

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense