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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 纸上谈兵
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 纸上谈兵 | zhǐ shàng tán bīng | - lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) - fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice - armchair strategist - idle theorizing - cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 29,260 | 40,926 | 39,857 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 纸 | zhǐ | - variant of 紙|纸[zhi3] |
| 纸 | zhǐ | - paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]) - classifier for documents, letters etc |
| 上 | shǎng | - used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 上 | shàng | - (bound form) up; upper; above; previous - first (of multiple parts) - to climb; to get onto; to go up - to attend (class or university) - (directional complement) up - (noun suffix) on; above |
| 谈 | tán | - surname Tan |
| 谈 | tán | - to speak - to talk - to converse - to chat - to discuss |
| 兵 | bīng | - soldiers - a force - an army - weapons - arms - military - warlike - CL:個|个[ge4] |
Other Words Containing 纸上谈兵
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 纸上谈兵 | - | - | 29,260 | 40,926 | 39,857 |