王国维也不算是光说不练
“Wang Guowei wasn't all talk and no action.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
不过话说过来
“But having said that,”
王国维 也不 算是 光说不练
“Wang Guowei wasn't all talk and no action.”
毕竟他把他追求的这种境界
“After all, he put the ideal he pursued”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese intellectual culture places high moral value on living out one's philosophical doctrines rather than remaining purely theoretical.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
all talk and no action
Use this idiom to criticize someone who makes promises or theories but never puts them into practice.
cannot really be counted as; not quite
A helpful softening phrase used to qualify an assertion or dispute an absolute claim.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And you say Mr. Wang Guowei is arrogant? But he's not a blatant liar”
“I'll skip the flattery.”
“Did King Wen of Zhou not work?”
“is smarter than saying nothing at all.”
“I've never weighed my words so carefully.”
“I'd only heard of 'armchair generals,'”