以前听说是纸上谈兵
“I'd only heard of 'armchair generals,'”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
小李同志
“Li,”
以前 听说是 纸上谈兵
“I'd only heard of 'armchair generals,'”
“but never thought I'd see one in the flesh.”
“Your ideas are completely divorced from reality.”
Traditional Chinese organizational culture places high value on grassroots practicality over purely academic or theoretical concepts.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
armchair strategy; theoretical talk divorced from practical reality
Use this classic idiom to criticize someone whose plans look brilliant on paper but completely fail in real life.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“your so-called theory actually holds up in practice.”
“That's empty talk. It's even ridiculous.”
“You only know the theories. Enough chatting.”
“I have actually heard about this matter.”
“I have heard about this.”
“You just said you "heard" about it.”