空言無補
kōng​yán​wú​bǔ

empty talk helps nothing

  • created reference approved 空言无补/空言無補 → 纸上谈兵/紙上談兵 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    空言无补 / 空言無補 kōng​yán​wú​bǔ

    纸上谈兵 / 紙上談兵 zhǐ​shàng​tán​bīng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 空言无补/空言無補 · kōng​yán​wú​bǔ · empty talk helps nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    空言无补 / 空言無補

    kōng​yán​wú​bǔ

    empty talk helps nothing

    Empty talk is of no avail; impractical words do not help with the actual situation.

    空言 (literal) → 空言 · kōng​yán · empty words 无补 (literal) → 无补/無補 · wú​bǔ · to be of no help

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

    created sense