all talk and no action (idiom); to preach what one does not practice; same as 光說不做|光说不做[guang1 shuo1 bu4 zuo4]
trad. 光說不練
Also written 光說不練【guāng shuō bù liàn】
Characters in this word
4光
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light; ray (CL:道[dao4]), bright; shiny, only; merely, used up; finished, to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
- Pinyin
- guāng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1998 of 2500
说
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to persuade
- Pinyin
- shuì
- Traditional
- 說
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 19 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
练
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to practice, to train, to drill, to perfect (one's skill), exercise, (literary) white silk, to boil and scour raw silk
- Pinyin
- liàn
- Traditional
- 練
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 5069 of 2500